San Diego, Calif. (Apr. 25th, 2003) — The guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) makes her way through the San Diego Bay to Naval Station San Diego. Shiloh was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class (Ret) Chuck Cavanaugh. (RELEASED)
USS Shiloh (CG-67) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named in remembrance of the Battle of Shiloh during the American Civil War. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.
With her guided missiles and guns, she is capable of facing and defeating threats in the air, on or under the sea, and ashore. She also carries two Seahawk LAMPS multi-purpose helicopters, mainly for anti-submarine warfare (ASW).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Shiloh_(CG-67)
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