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Atlantic Storm

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Lightning strikes in the distance off the port bow as USS Bataan sits at anchor on June 20th. Bataan is on a scheduled deployment.  Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN.  Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Grisham, Navy Visual News Service.

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