Ships At Sea [Image 9 of 27]

USS CHANCELLORSVILLE (CG 62), AT SEA

10.20.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Scott    

U.S. Navy           

The Indian navy frigate INS Godavari fires their bow 5-inch gun during a weapons firing exercise with the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville. Chancellorsville and Godavari, along with INS Brahmaputra and INS Beas fired 5 inch guns and 25mm guns during the exercise. Chancellorsville and the rest of the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group are on a routine 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: 10.20.2008
• Date Posted: 08.24.2011 10:55
• Photo ID: 123677
• VIRIN: 081020-N-1635S-009
• Resolution: 3818x2512
• Size: 1.25 MB
• Location: USS CHANCELLORSVILLE (CG 62), AT SEA