USS Vella Gulf Conducts Training Exercises in the Atlantic Ocean
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 31, 2020) Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) load and shoot a close-in weapons system, 5-inch gun, .50-caliber machine gun and .240 machine gun. Vella Gulf is conducting operations in the Atlantic Ocean as part of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group.
(U.S. Navy Video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Waters/Released)
Source: U.S. Navy (video statements)