USS Briscoe (DD 977)

The Spruance class destroyer USS Briscoe (DD 977) underway. Briscoe is homeported in Norfolk, Va., and is conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational 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 by Chief Journalist Alan J. Baribeau)

USS Briscoe (DD 977)

The Spruance class destroyer USS Briscoe (DD 977) underway. Briscoe is homeported in Norfolk, Va., and is conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational 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 by Chief Journalist Alan J. Baribeau)

USS Deyo (DD 989)

The Spruance Class destroyer USS Deyo (DD 989) conducts underway operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Deyo was one of many U.S. Navy surface combatants to fire Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 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 by Chief Journalist Alan J. Baribeau)

USS Deyo (DD 989)

USS Deyo (DD 989) pulls alongside the pier at Naval Station Norfolk. USS Deyo returned to Norfolk after a six-month deployment with USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Carrier Strike Group in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Marthaellen L. Ball)

USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968)

The Arthur W. Radford steams through the Mediterranean Sea as the Spruance-class destroyer nears the end of a regularly scheduled deployment with the Washington Battle Group in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Southern Watch. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Summer M. Anderson)

USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968)

USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968) arrives for a brief port visit. The Norfolk-based Spruance-class destroyer is on a regularly scheduled deployment-conducting missions as part of the USS George Washington (CVN 73) battlegroup in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley)