Photo #: NH 98619-KN (color)
Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS),
formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31)
At Port Hueneme, California, 16 June 2003. The decommissioned
destroyer Paul F. Foster (DD-964), in the distance, was
then being prepared to become the new SDTS, replacing
the ex-Decatur.
Note the towing fitting installed on the ship's bow.
Photographed by Frank V. Thompson.
Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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