A live-fire exercise, part of Rim of the Pacific 2012, sank the ex-USS Kilauea (T-AE-26) in waters 15,480 feet deep, 63 miles off the coast of Kauai at 9:32 a.m. June 22. A sink exercise benefits the U.S. Navy and participating allies and partners by providing crews the opportunity to gain proficiency in tactics, targeting and live firing against surface targets, which enhances combat readiness of deployable units. Ex-USS Kilauea was an ammunition ship commissioned in August 1968, decommissioned and transferred to MSC in October 1980 and deactivated in September 2008. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. RIMPAC is the world's largest international maritime exercise.
| Date Taken: | 07.22.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 07.24.2012 03:04 |
| Photo ID: | 630750 |
| VIRIN: | 120722-N-ZZ999-001 |
| Resolution: | 1024x681 |
| Size: | 590.59 KB |
| Location: | PACIFIC OCEAN |
| Web Views: | 131 |
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