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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 98624-KN (color)

Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS),
formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31)

View looking forward from the starboard side of the ship's pilothouse. Taken at Port Hueneme, California, 16 June 2003.
The site of the ship's forward 5"/54 gun mount is configured to hold a Dual Pack ESSM Launching System (DPELS).
Photographed by Frank V. Thompson.

Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 89KB; 485 x 765 pixels

 

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22 July 2003