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The Spruance Class destroyer USS Cushing (DD 985) returns to her forward deployed operating base, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, after a regularly scheduled underway period. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Alan Warner)
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