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USS Nitze (DDG 94) Conducts Mark 45 5-inch gun PACFIRE
Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC)
Nov. 18, 2018 | 2:22
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 18, 2018) The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) fires the Mark 45 Mod D 5-inch/54-caliber gun during a Live Fire With a Purpose exercise. USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) cruiser-destroyer (CRUDES) units are completing the first East Coast CRUDES Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise. SWATT is led by the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center and is designed to increase warfighting proficiency, lethality and interoperability of participating units. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Nikita M. Custer/released)
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