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Here she is 19 years after the above image, fitted with a Mk.23 target acquisition system, SQR-19 TACTAS, SLQ-32(v)3 ECM, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, SSQ-108 ELINT system, a 21-cell RAM launcher aft, Harpoon cans amidship, and a 61-cell ASW/land attack VLS forward. Official caption” Atlantic Ocean (Sept. 22, 2003), the Spruance-class destroyer USS Thorn (DD 988) escorts USS Enterprise (CVN 65) during the Comprehensive Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). The Enterprise Strike Group is underway participating in COMPTUEX in preparation for a Mediterranean Deployment.” U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Joshua C. Kinter 030922-N-7748K-004