At sea aboard the USS Constellation (CV 64), 12 February 2003 - An F/A-18 Hornet from the Vigilantes of strike fighter squadron One Five One (VFA-151) is launched from the USS Constellation. As the Guided Missile Cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) passes.

U.S. Navy Photo by Photographers Mate 2nd class Felix Garza Jr.

25 April 2003 - The guided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) makes her way down San Diego Bay to Naval Station San Diego. Mobile Bay was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.

U.S. Navy photo #030425-N-1144C-002 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class (Ret) Chuck Cavanaugh.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, 5 July 2006 - The guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) departs Pearl Harbor to participate in exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. Eight nations are participating in RIMPAC 2006, the world's largest biennial maritime exercise. Conducted in the waters off Hawaii, RIMPAC 2006 brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States.

U.S. Navy photo #060705-N-8629M-044 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rebecca J. Moat.

SAN DIEGO, CA, 4 August 2006 - The guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) returns to Naval Station San Diego after completing a regular scheduled deployment in support of the global war on terrorism and maritime security operations.

U.S. Navy photo #060804-N-1328S-062 by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman James Seward.

PACIFIC OCEAN, 12 April 2008 - An SH60B, assigned to the "Saberhawks" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HSL) 47, flies over the Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) during a strait transit exercise with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9 as it transits the Philippine Straits. Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing(CVW) 2 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

U.S. Navy photo #080412-N-8539M-007 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nicholas B. Morton.

INDIAN OCEAN, 22 April 22 2008 - An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Bounty Hunters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2 performs a fly-by over the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) during an air show for the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and her crew. Lincoln and Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

U.S. Navy photo #080422-N-5384B-116 by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin R. Blake.

INDIAN OCEAN, 22 April 2008 - The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) participate in a pass and review during an air power demonstration held for the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and her crew. Lincoln and Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th fleet area of responsibility.

U.S. Navy photo #080422-N-9450M-078 by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Johndion L. Magsipoc.

INDIAN OCEAN, 22 April 2008 - The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) steam in the Indian Ocean as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.

U.S. Navy photo #080422-N-6139L-830 by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Quinn Liford.