The Navy has offered an Aegis cruiser, a guided missile destroyer and two fast frigates to support evacuation efforts.

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While in the Navy, he was assigned to the Guided Missile Destroyer USS ROOSEVELT, based right here in Mayport.

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America certainly took careful notes: the USS Cole, a guided-missile destroyer, visited Estonia.

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