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1 September 1953 : Major General Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC, namesake of the FFG 23. (US Navy photo, DVID #DMSN0205309, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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17 April 1982 : Long Beach CA - A Marine Corps color guard marches during the commissioning ceremony for the guided missile frigate USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23). (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSN8206796 by PH3 Kenneth V. Flemings, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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17 April 1982 : Long Beach CA - Crewmen stand at parade rest during the commissioning ceremony. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNST8206822 by PH3 Kenneth V. Flemings, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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17 April 1982 : Long Beach CA - Mrs. Lewis B. Puller, ship's sponsor, listens during the commissioning ceremony. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNST8206816 by PH3 Kenneth V. Flemings, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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17 April 1982 : Long Beach CA - Lewis B. Puller Jr. (1945-1994), a disabled Viet Nam veteran and author of the 1992 Pulitzer prize winning "Fortunate Son", listens during the commissioning ceremony. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNST8206817 by PH3 Kenneth V. Flemings, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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17 April 1982 : Long Beach CA - Mrs. Lewis B. Puller, ship's sponsor, presents a sword to the ship during the commissioning ceremony. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSN8206797 by PH3 Kenneth V. Flemings, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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17 April 1982 : Long Beach CA - A crewman prepares to raise the flag during the commissioning ceremony. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNST8206813 by PH3 Kenneth V. Flemings, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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17 April 1982 : Long Beach CA - Crew members of Lewis B. Puller man the rails. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSN8206798 by PH3 Kenneth V. Flemings, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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17 April 1982 : Long Beach CA - Mrs. Lewis B. Puller, sponsor, and Gen. Robert H. Barrow, commandant of the Marine Corps, leave at the conclusion of the commissioning ceremony. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSN8206781 by PH3 Kenneth V. Flemings, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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25 September 1982: San Pedro Bay CA - A starboard beam view of Lewis B. Puller underway. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNST8300512 by PH2 Shayna Brennan, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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25 September 1982: at sea - A port bow view of Lewis B. Puller underway. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNST8300954 by PH2 Ron Garrison, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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25 September 1982: at sea - Crewmen on the forward deck of New Jersey watch as Lewis B. Puller comes alongside. The New Jersey, on sea trials after renovation and modernization, is scheduled for reactivation in January 1983. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNST8300955 by PH2 Ron Garrison, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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5 May 1983: at sea - A port bow view of Lewis B. Puller underway during sea trials. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8307631, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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17 September 1983: at sea - An elevated starboard bow view of Lewis B. Puller. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNST8709065 by PH3 C. Yebba, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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17 September 1983: at sea - A port bow view of Lewis B. Puller. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNST8709066 by PH3 C. Yebba, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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1 October 1983: at sea - An aerial port bow view of Lewis B. Puller underway. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8506887 by PH3 C. Yebba, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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1 October 1983: at sea - An aerial view, left to right, of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), the Neosho class oiler USNS Kawishiwi (T-AO 146) and Lewis B. Puller underway preparing to unrep. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8506880 by PH3 C. Yebba, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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1 October 1983: at sea - A port side view of the bridge structure of Kawishiwi. A signalman can be seen on the upper wing. In the background is Lewis B. Puller. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8506872 by PHAN B. Collins, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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1 October 1983: at sea - A port bow view of Kawishiwi with fuel lines extended to the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk during underway replenishment operations. Lewis B. Puller can be seen in the background. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8506871 by PHAN B. Collins, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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15 October 1983: San Francisco Bay CA - Port bow view of Lewis B. Puller. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8507465 by PHAN Menard, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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15 October 1983: San Francisco Bay CA - Port side view of Lewis B. Puller as a harbor tug from Oakland sprays water into the air. Visible in the background is the guided missile destroyer USS Chandler (DDG 996). (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8507462 by PHAN Menard, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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15 October 1983: San Francisco Bay CA - Port beam view of Lewis B. Puller and Chandler . (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8507463 by PHAN Menard, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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1 May 1987: at sea - Crew members form the phrase "We The People" on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV 61) to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the signing of the constitution of the United States. The Constitution was formally signed on 17 September 1787. The guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach (CGN 9), bottom, and Lewis B. Puller are accompanying the Ranger. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8706761 by PH3 Ron Wimmer, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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14 July 1987: at sea - An SH-3H Sea King helicopter prepares to land on Lewis B. Puller. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNST8709130, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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1 July 1988: NavSta Pearl Harbor HI - Four US Navy guided missile frigates are moored side by side in the harbor during Exercise RimPac '88. They include, from left: the guided missile frigates USS Duncan (FFG-10), the USS Mahlon S.Tisdale (FFG-27), the USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23) and Wadsworth. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNST9112038) by PH1 Terry Cosgrove, from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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