Guided missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) - US Navy

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Aug. 2, 2002) -- Sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) man the rails with the ship’s Battle Ensign proudly displayed as they pull away from the pier. The Paul Hamilton got underway with two other Pearl Harbor ships, destroyer USS Fletcher (DD 992) and guided missile frigate USS Reuben James (FFG 57), to join the Abraham Lincoln Battle Group for a regularly scheduled overseas deployment conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U. S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class William R. Goodwin. (RELEASED)