The guided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) in the back conducts patrols near to the Iraqi Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) in the Northern Arabian Gulf. Mobile Bay is a part of USS Essex (LHD 2) Expeditionary Strike Group Three (ESG-3) currently on deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The tankers include "Ural" (IMO 9183934), "Discovery" (IMO 9234642), and "Front Symphony" (IMO 9249324)

USS Cole, 9/11 and Bali Bombings

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Photo: 2004  The guided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) in the back conducts patrols near to the Iraqi Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) in the Northern Arabian Gulf. Mobile…

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