Guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for its independent deployment to the Western Pacific and Middle East.
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While deployed, the ship will conduct theater security cooperation and maritime presence operations with partner nations.
USS Hopper has a crew of nearly 330 officers and enlisted Sailors and is a multi-mission ship designed to operate independently or with an associated strike group.
U.S. Navy Line handlers aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) tow in the ship’s mooring lines as the Hopper prepares to depart Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for its independent deployment to the Western Pacific and Middle East.
United States Navy Sailors aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) man the rails as the ship prepares to depart.
Thank you U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeff Troutman for the photos.
