USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She is named after Sir Winston Churchill, the renowned former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. This ship is the 31st destroyer of her class. Winston S. Churchill was the 18th ship of this class to be built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and construction began on 7 May 1998. She was launched and christened on 17 April 1999. On 10 March 2001, she was commissioned during a ceremony at Town Point Park in Norfolk, Virginia.
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The US Navy Triconderoga class cruiser, the USS Cape St George (CG71) berthed at the North Mole within the HM Naval Base, Gibraltar.
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9), was a combat stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy from the United Kingdom in 1981. She served as part of the Military Sealift Command until she was deactivated in 2008. Before her U.S. Navy career, Spica served the United Kingdom's Royal Fleet Auxiliary as RFA Tarbatness. The helicopter on the flight deck is a Boeing Vetrol CH-46 Sea Knight.
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The USS Black Hawk (MHC58) and USS Robin (MHC-54) were Osprey-class coastal mine hunters in the United States Navy. Both vessels have since been decommissioned, Seen in this photo as they paid a visit to Bermuda.
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