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Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens sails at sea.

Mast View

The forward-deployed, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens as seen from the top of the forward mast. Cowpens is part of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group, the Navy's only forward-deployed carrier strike group based out of Yokosuka, Japan, and is seen conducting a routine Western Pacific patrol.

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