Canadian, Australian, and U.S. Navy ships underway near Hawaii (USA) during the "RIMPAC '72" exercise. Identifiable ships are the frigate HMCS <i>Gatineau</i> (DDE 236), followed by the aircraft carriers HMAS <i>Melbourne</i> (R21) and USS <i>Ticonderoga</i> (CVS-14).
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U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1972/Dec72.pdf">December 1972</a>, p. 26.