Posted at 2:01 a.m., Thursday, January 25, 2007
Two Pearl Harbor guided missile destroyers deploying
Advertiser Staff
The Pearl Harbor-based guided missile destroyers USS O'Kane (DDG 77) and USS Paul Hamilton will deploy tomorrow as part of the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Carrier Strike Group.The carrier, with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, USS Antietam (CG 54) and USS Preble (DDG 88), deployed from San Diego on Saturday.
Stennis' air wing consists of the F/A-18C Hornet, F/A--18E/F Super Hornet, EA-6B Prowler, E-2C Hawkeye 2000, C-2A Greyhound and SH-60F/HH-60H Seahawk.
The aircraft can be used to conduct strikes, support land battles, protect the CSG or other friendly ships, and implement a sea or air blockade.
The Stennis Carrier Strike Group will operate in teh Persian Golf region with the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, already in the Central Command Area of Operations.
USS O'Kane's commanding officer is Cmdr. James Joseph Duke, Jr., and USS Paul Hamilton's commanding officer is Cmdr. Christopher Bushnell.
