Updated at 1:49 p.m., Friday, August 17, 2007
2 Pearl Harbor ships returning from deployment
Advertiser Staff
The USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) and USS O'Kane (DDG 77) are returning to their homeport of Naval Station Pearl Harbor on Monday following a deployment with the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Carrier Strike Group.The Bremerton, Wash.-based carrier USS John C. Stennis (JCSSG) will also be making a brief port visit while en route to its homeport.
JCSSG includes the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), embarked CVW-9, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21, the guided-missile destroyers USS O'Kane (DDG 77), USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), USS Preble (DDG 88), the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54), and the fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10).
More than 6,500 sailors and Marines are assigned to JCSSG.
Stennis' embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 flew more than 7,900 sorties coinciding with more than 22,000 flight hours during its deployment. Approximately 90,000 pounds of ordnance was dropped in support of coalition forces operating on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The strike groups supported Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, and conducted Maritime Security operations. They also work closely with allies to build regional security and long-term stability.
