The U.S. Navy battleship USS <i>Iowa</i> (BB-61) and the aircraft carrier USS <i>Midway</i> (CV-41) surrounded by other ships of Battle Group Alpha while underway in formation in the Indian Ocean, 1 December 1987. The following ships are identifiable:<br><ul><li>the battleship USS <i>Iowa</i> (BB-61);</li>
<li>a <i>Belknap</i>-class guided missile cruiser, probably USS <i>Sterrett</i> (CG-31);</li>
<li>the guided missile cruiser USS <i>Ticonderoga</i> (CG-47);</li>
<li>probably USS <i>Fox</i> (CG-33);</li>
<li>the aircraft carrier USS <i>Midway</i> (CV-41);</li>
<li>the fleet oiler USS <i>Cimarron</i> (AO-177);</li>
<li>the destroyer USS <i>Deyo</i> (DD-989);</li>
<li>the Military Sealift Command fleet oiler USNS <i>Mispillion</i> (T-AO-105);</li>
<li>the <i>Knox</i>-class figates USS <i>Knox</i> (FF-1052) and USS <i>Francis Hammond</i> (FF-1067);</li>
<li>the combat stores ship USS <i>White Plains</i> (AFS-4);</li>
<li>USS <i>Oldendorf</i> (DD-972);</li>
<li>the ammunition ship USNS <i>Kilaulea</i> (T-AE-26);</li>
<li>the guided missile destroyer USS <i>Towers</i> (DDG-9).</li></ul>
PH2 Raszler
1987-12-01
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