Keywords: Port Royal with Nimitz and Independence.jpg The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal CG 73 steams along side the aircraft carriers USS Nimitz CVN 68 and USS Independence CV 62 during the final stages of exercise Valiant Blitz '97 off the coast of Yokosuka Japan Valiant Blitz provided an opportunity for the carriers to demonstrate power projection through bilateral flight operations http //www navsource org/archives/04/040173 htm 970925-N-4778W-149 1997-09-25 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Christopher Ware PD-USGov-Military-Navy General views of USS Port Royal CG-73 Groups of naval ships of the United States Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System General views of USS Nimitz CVN-68 Valiant Blitz |