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The USS Porter, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, was damaged in a collision with a Japanese-owned oil tanker just outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. The collision left a gaping hole in the starboard side of the Porter, but no one was injured on either vessel, the Navy said. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Jonathan Sunderman)
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** FILE ** The U.S. Navy planned to send minesweepers and warships into the Persian Gulf in September 2012 for exercises intended to make Iran think twice about any attempts to block oil tanker traffic through the narrow waterway that links the region’s oil fields with world markets. (Associated Press)
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A photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows a small vessel that was fired upon by the U.S. Navy off Dubai's coast on Monday, July 16, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)
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Investigators examine the hull of the USS Cole at the Yemeni port of Aden, three days after an explosion on Oct. 12, 2000 ripped a hole in the U.S. Navy destroyer, killing 17 sailors and injuring 39 others. (Associated Press)
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Flying dangerously close, a U.S. Navy photographer got this spectacular aerial view of a heavy Japanese cruiser of the Mogima class, demolished by Navy bombs, in the battle off Midway on June 21, 1942. Armor plate, steel decks and superstructure are a tumbled mass. The Navy damaged or sank 17 enemy vessels in the historic engagement. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels fly over the graduation ceremony for the U.S. Navy Academy's class of 2012 at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium, Annapolis, Md., on May 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels fly over the graduation ceremony for the U.S. Navy Academy's class of 2012 at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium, Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels fly over the graduation ceremony for the U.S. Naval Academy's class of 2012 at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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HN Kate Doran, U.S. Navy, sits by a sign inside Hangar 4 at Andrews Air Force Base that was used to relay information about the Joint Services Open House, but now indicates that the show is over and won't be back again until 2014. The air show, which has run consecutively for 55 years, will now move to an every-other-year event due to budgetary constraints. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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AE2 Mark Hatfield, U.S. Navy, hangs on to a ladder while achieving weightlessness in the back of "Fat Ernie," the Blue Navy support plane, during a flight at the Joint Service Open House & Air Show Sunday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Ssgt. Casey Brey, U.S. Navy, gets a thumbs up from a happy passenger as he sits in the back of "Fat Ernie," the Blue Angels support plane, following a demo flight that included G-force aerobatics at the Joint Service Open House & Air Show. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Lt. John Hiltz, center, stands in front of his aircraft with ground crew members after the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron returns from an afternoon practice in preparation for the 2012 Joint Service Open House and Air Show to be held at Andrews Air Force Base Saturday May 19th and Sunday May 20th, Naval Air Facility, Md., Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Lt. C.J. Simonsen steps out of his aircraft after the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron returns from an afternoon practice in preparation for the 2012 Joint Service Open House and Air Show to be held at Andrews Air Force Base Saturday May 19th and Sunday May 20th, Naval Air Facility, Md., Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron returns from an afternoon practice in preparation for the 2012 Joint Service Open House and Air Show to be held at Andrews Air Force Base Saturday May 19th and Sunday May 20th, Naval Air Facility, Md., Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron returns from an afternoon practice in preparation for the 2012 Joint Service Open House and Air Show to be held at Andrews Air Force Base Saturday May 19th and Sunday May 20th, Naval Air Facility, Md., Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
