fly-by of the guided missile cruiser - US Navy

At sea with USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51) May 7, 2003 -- An F/A-18 belonging to the “Blue Angels,” the U.S. Navy’s elite flight demonstration team, performs a fly-by of the guided missile cruiser USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51) during a Maritime Interdiction Operation (MIO) and Vessel Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) team training exercise in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Navy photo by Gary Nichols.