USS Caron

As a midshipman in ROTC, I have to take summer cruises as part of my training. I recently returned from a month long cruise on the USS Caron. Here are some pictures from that trip.

	USS Caron, DD-970. A Spruance class destroyer
	The ship's bell
	CIWS, "Close In Weapons System", designed to shoot down incomming missles
	Another view of CIWS
	The helicopter deck and hanger
	Caron moored at pier 20 in Norfolk
	The "roostertail" produced when she goes full speed
	Where the signal flags are kept. Also in this picture is the lamp used for morse code between ships
	Sunset
	Caron undergoing underway replenishment, or "unrep" with USNS Leroy Grumman
	Passing USS John F. Kennedy, CVN-67, as we pull in Norfolk
	USS Laboon, DDG-58, an Arligh Burke class destoryer, passes us as we play a game of "leapfrog"
	Pulling in to Naval Station Norfolk
	Tug pulling us out of our pier at Norfolk
	Some of the piers at Norfolk as we pull out
	USS Wisconsin, BB-64, in a museum in downtown Norfolk
	The 16in guns of the USS Wisconsin. Biggest guns ever mounted on a warship.

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