The guided missile cruiser USS BELKNAP (CG 26) is silhouetted against the setting sun as it makes for the Mediterranean. BELKNAP, scheduled along with the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) and the guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59) for a historic visit to the Soviet Black Sea Fleet Headquarters of Sevastopol, was redeployed after the reported murder of Marine Lieutenant Colonel William R. Higgins in Lebanon. DN-ST-90-00768 USS Belknap CG-26 silhouetted in sunset 19890803

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