Keywords: US Navy 040420-N-6433N-012 The guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) fires a Close-In Weapons System (CIWS).jpg en Arabian Gulf Apr 20 2004 - The guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf CG 72 fires a Close-In Weapons System CIWS during training exercise Vella Gulf is assigned to the USS George Washington CVN 73 Carrier Strike Group CSG The Norfolk Va -based cruiser is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Rex Nelson RELEASED 2004-04-20 040420-N-6433N-012 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 13545 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Rex Nelson PD-USGov-Military-Navy Phalanx CIWS firing Aboard USS Vella Gulf CG-72 |