MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 14, 2014) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Douglas Thomas, from Los Angles, instructs line handlers to avast heaving on the star messenger line aboard USS Cole (DDG 67) during a replenishment-at-sea with USNS Kanawha (TAO 196) Dec. 14, 2014. Cole, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, homeported in Norfolk, is conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations in support of national security interests in Europe.

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Keywords: -ao, 196, cole, kanawha, navy, usns, uss