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USS Chafee returns to Pearl Harbor


USS Chafee (DDG 90).

PEARL HARBOR (BNS): USS Chafee (DDG 90), the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, has returned back to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) after a three-month deployment in the Western Pacific.

The destroyer was departed from JBPHH on April 5 for an independent deployment, and for operating in the US 7th Fleet area of responsibility has returned back on July 12.

While on deployment, Chafee took part in Exercise Malabar 2010, a week-long bilateral military exercise hosted by the Indian Navy to promote the interoperability between India and USA.

Chafee also participated in operations supporting Commander Task Force 70 and trained alongside the Malaysian Navy.

Guided-missile destroyers are multi mission surface combatants, capable of anti-air warfare, anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare missions. They operate independently for support of carrier and expeditionary strike groups.

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