Sailors and Marines flood the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) after securing from an abandon ship drill, while transiting the Atlantic Ocean on a scheduled deployment in support of the global war on terrorism.

Atlantic Ocean (Feb. 20, 2004) Sailors and Marines flood the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) after securing from an abandon ship drill, while transiting the Atlantic Ocean on a scheduled deployment in support of the global war on terrorism. The Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) also consists of the guided missile cruisers USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and USS Yorktown (CG 48), amphibious transport ship USS Shreveport (LPD 12), dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), guided missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74), attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22 MEU). U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class James E. Perkins. File# 040220-N-8590P-160