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  Official U.S. Navy file photo of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 2. View Larger Download HiRes   USS Yorktown Returns to Pascagoula, Completes Final DeploymentStory Number: NNS040816-18Release Date: 8/17/2004 3:16:00 AMBy Ensign Abbas Bandukwala, USS Yorktown Public Affairs, and Stacey Byington, Naval Station Pascagoula Public AffairsPASCAGOULA, Miss. (NNS) -- USS Yorktown (CG 48) will return home to Naval Station Pascagoula Aug. 17, after a successful six-month deployment with the USS Wasp (LHD 1) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 2. Yorktown made key contributions to Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and Market Time II in support of the global war on...

Story Number: NNS040322-10 Release Date: 3/22/2004 3:34:00 PM From Commander, Joint Forces Maritime Component Commander/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet Public Affairs MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS) -- USS Yorktown (CG 48) aided in the recovery of two dozen mariners March 22, after their tanker collided with a fishing vessel and caught fire off the coast of Oman. At approximately 7:30 a.m. local time, motor vessel Everton made a bridge-to-bridge distress call indicating they had collided with fishing vessel Chun Ying, resulting in a fire amidships and possibly rupturing Everton’s oil tanks, fueling the fire. Several commercial vessels nearby...

USS Yorktown Deploys as Part of Expeditionary Strike GroupStory Number: NNS040218-01Release Date: 2/18/2004 7:16:00 AM By Stacey Byington, Naval Station Pascagoula Public AffairsPASCAGOULA, Miss. (NNS) -- The guided-missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG 48) and its crew of approximately 400 deployed Feb. 17 from its homeport at Naval Station Pascagoula to be part of the USS Wasp (LHD 1) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), which is making its maiden deployment as an ESG in support of the global war on terrorism. The ESG concept is centered on the proven flexibility and combat power of a combined Amphibious Readiness Group and Marine...