Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet:

The guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) crew had extra cause to celebrate the Navy’s birthday this year, as the ship returned to San Diego, on Oct. 13, from a successful nine-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation.

Paul Hamilton departed Naval Base San Diego on January 17, and remained at sea for most of the following nine months due to operational tasking and the constraints of operating forward in the midst of the COVID pandemic…

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