USS Chancellorsville makes scheduled port visit to Goa, India [Image 6 of 6]

INDIAN OCEAN

10.18.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Scott    

U.S. Navy           

Seaman Beniam Yebio pulls in line aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville while connecting to the pier at Goa, India. Chancellorsville, along with the Arleigh-burke class guided missile destroyer USS Gridley and the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Thach, moored alongside each other while visiting India. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Operating in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, the U.S. 7th Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets covering 52 million square miles, with approximately 50 ships, 120 aircraft and 20,000 Sailors and Marines assigned at any given time.

• Date Taken: 10.18.2008
• Date Posted: 08.24.2011 11:37
• Photo ID: 123656
• VIRIN: 081018-N-1635S-004
• Resolution: 3872x2592
• Size: 1.28 MB
• Location: INDIAN OCEAN