Labels: photos, Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group, US Navy, USS Hopper
MOORING LINES - Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper take in the mooring lines as the ship departs for deployment. Hopper and the guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal deployed with the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group for a six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Office David Rush