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NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive

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Underwood (FFG 36)

"Just Friend and Brave Enemy"

"Underwood, Her People" - "Underwood, The Ship"

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0736p01	258k	08 August 1985: Haifa, Israel - A group of orphans visit *Underwood* while she was in port at Haifa.	Carl Orbann USS Underwood's 2nd Executive Officer
0736p02	509k	11 April 2006: Cartagena, Colombia - Sailors assigned to *Underwood* march through the streets of Colombia during Cartagena's annual Navy Parade. The parade featured special marching units from several countries including Brazil, Colombia, France, Holland and Mexico. *Underwood* is part of the George Washington Carrier Strike group participating in Partnership of the Americas, a maritime training and readiness deployment of the U.S. Naval Forces with Caribbean and Latin American countries in support of Southern Command's (SOUTHCOM) objectives for enhanced maritime security. (U.S. Navy photo #060411-N-2736O-003 by JOSN Charles Ordoqui from the Navy Newstand)	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Manager, Navsource DE / FF / LCS Archive
0736p03	108k	04 May 2006: Puerto Castilla, Honduras - President of the Republic of Honduras, Jose Manuel Zelaya, receives honors from sideboys aboard the guided missile frigate *Underwood. President Zelaya toured Underwood* and thanked the crew for their outstanding community relations efforts in Honduras. *Underwood* is part of the George Washington Carrier Strike group participating in Partnership of the Americas, a maritime training and readiness deployment of the U.S. Naval Forces with Caribbean and Latin American countries in support of Southern Command's objectives for enhanced maritime security. (U.S. Navy photo #060504-N-2736O-001 by JOSN Charles A. Ordoqui from the Navy Newstand)
0736p04	105k	04 May 2006: Puerto Castilla, Honduras - President of the Republic of Honduras, Jose Manuel Zelaya, addresses the crew aboard *Underwood. President Zelaya toured Underwood* and thanked the crew for their outstanding community relation efforts in Honduras. (U.S. Navy photo #060504-N-2736O-004 by JOSN Charles A. Ordoqui from the Navy Newstand)
0736p05	97k	08 June 2006: Boston, Mass. - Boiler Technician 3rd Class Karl Martin assigned to the guided-missile frigate *Underwood* reunites with his son and parents immediately following the ships docking at the Black Falcon Pier in Boston. *Underwood's arrival to Boston kicks off festivities for the second annual Boston Navy Week. Twenty-four such weeks are planned this year in cities throughout the U.S., arranged by the Navy Office of Community Outreach. NAVCO is tasked with enhancing the Navy's brand image in areas with limited exposure to the Navy. (U.S. Navy photo* #060608-N-8110K-100 by JO1 Dave Kaylor from the Navy Newstand)
0736p06	135k	09 June 2006: Boston, Mass. - Boston (June 9, 2006) - Lt. Orlando Ramos assigned to the guided-missile frigate *Underwood* speaks with two children at a "Caps for Kids" visit to the Jimmy Fund Clinic at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. *Underwood* is in Boston to celebrate the 2nd annual Boston Navy Week. (U.S. Navy photo #060609-N-8110K-004 by JO1 Dave Kaylor from the Navy Newstand)
0736p07	626k	02 July 2007: Mayport, Fla. - Photos of the homecoming of guided-missile frigate USS *Underwood* (FFG 36) to Mayport, Fla. While deployed *Underwood* conducted more than 35 boarding missions in support of Commander Task Force 158 operations in the Persian Gulf. Top Left: - Friends and family hold signs and cheer during the homecoming. (U.S. Navy photo #070702-N-1522S-042) Top Right: - The daughters of Gas Turbine System Technician 1st Class David Pfister cheer during the homecoming. (U.S. Navy photo #070702-N-1522S-004) Bottom Left: - Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Christopher Ball kisses his newborn baby for the first time. (U.S. Navy photo #070702-N-1522S-075) Bottom Right: - Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class John Acheson is greeted with a kiss by his wife. (U.S. Navy photo #070702-N-1522S-024) (All photos by MC2 Leah Stiles, from the Navy News Stand)	Robert M. Cieri
0736p08	193k	28 May 2009: Washington, D.C. - Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead congratulates crew members of the guided-missile frigate USS *Underwood, Cmdr. Wesley Smith, commanding officer, left, and Interior Communications Electrician 2nd Class Michael Bean, for receiving an award in the small ship category of the Fiscal Year 2008 Chief of Naval Operations Environmental Awards during a ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washington D.C. (U.S. Navy photo* #090528-N-8273J-062 by MC1 Tiffini M. Jones from the Navy Newstand)	Navsource
0736p09	150k	07 December 2009: the Atlantic Ocean - Pearl Harbor survivor Ed Kimic throws a bouquet of flowers overboard from the guided-missile frigate USS *Underwood* (FFG 36) during a ceremony in remembrance of the lives lost on 07 December 1941. More than 200 friends and family members gathered to pay their respects. (U.S. Navy photo #091207-N-1522S-003 by MC1 Leah Stiles, from the Navy News Stand)
0736p10	376k	25 January 2010: Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - Rear Adm. Ted N. Branch, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CVW) 1, addresses and thanks sailors assigned to the guided-missile frigate *Underwood* for their commitment to Operation Unified Response. Underwood is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage near Port-au-Prince, Haiti on 12 January. (U.S. Navy photos #100125-N-2953W-245 by MC2 Adrian White from the Navy News Stand)
0736p11	223k	09 February 2010: Mayport, Fla. - Rachel and James Grieco wave to their father, Lcdr. James Grieco as *Underwood* returns to Naval Station Mayport after conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations supporting Operation Unified Response. Lcdr. James Grieco embraces his children, James and Rachel upon return of *Underwood* to Naval Station Mayport. (U.S. Navy photos #100209-N-1522S-004 / 100209-N-1522S-006 by MC1 Leah Stiles from the Navy News Stand)
0736p12	111k	07 December 2010: The Atlantic Ocean, Off Mayport, Fla. - Navy veteran Bobby Smith, left, tosses roses into the ocean as Command Master Chief Matt Miesle steadies him during a Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony aboard *Underwood. The ceremony commemorated the 69th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy photos* #101207-N-5812W-001 by MC2 Sunday Williams from the Navy News Stand)
0736p13	109k	07 December 2010: The Atlantic Ocean, Off Mayport, Fla. - Cmdr. Craig Bowden, commanding officer of *Underwood, presents the American flag to a family member of a military veteran during a mass burial at sea as part of the Naval Station Mayport Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony. More than 200 veterans and guests gathered for the ceremony commemorating the 69th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and laid to rest the ashes of 13 military veterans. (U.S. Navy photos* #101207-N-5812W-005 by MC2 Sunday Williams from the Navy News Stand)
0736p14	139k	20 October 2011: Mayport, Fla. - Cmdr. Peter Mirisola, the commanding officer of the guided-missile frigate *Underwood, receives a $1,000 check for the ship's Morale Welfare and Recreation account from Raytheon Company representative Ronald Hoppock. Raytheon presented the money to the crew along with a plaque for winning the 2011 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) Excellence Award. (U.S. Navy photos* #111020-N-DD445-001 by MC2 Sunday Williams from the Navy News Stand)
0736p15	226k	26 April 2012: the Atlantic Ocean - Electronics Technician 2nd Class James Blocker helps Electricians Mate 2nd Class Aldo Rodriguez place a radio in his vest during training for the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard *Underwood. Underwood* is underway for a composite training unit exercise before deploying to Central and South America and the Caribbean to support Southern Seas 2012. (U.S. Navy photos #120426-N-ZE938-245 by MCSN Frank J. Pikul from the Navy News Stand)
0736p16	155k	27 April 2012: the Atlantic Ocean - Operations Specialist 2nd Class Jeffrey Pettway checks his vest as the visit, board, search and seizure team prepares to embark a rigid-hull inflatable boat aboard *Underwood. (U.S. Navy photos* #120427-N-ZE938-003 by MCSN Frank J. Pikul from the Navy News Stand)
0736p17	207k	17 May 2012: Salinas Bay, Peru - A Peruvian visit, board, search and seizure team member searches Master-At-Arms 1st Class (SW) William Tredick during VBSS training on the flight deck of *Underwood* as *Underwood* conducts exercises with Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru as part of UNITAS Pacific. *Underwood* is representing the U.S. Navy in support of UNITAS PAC and Southern Seas 2012. (U.S. Navy photos VIRIN #120517-N-NL541-083 by MC2 Stuart Phillips from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
0736p18	205k	04 July 2012: Bahia Malaga, Colombia - Logistics Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Joeron Ashby coils a line as the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate *Underwood* departs Bahia Malaga. *Underwood* is deployed to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Southern Seas 2012. (U.S. Navy photos VIRIN #120704-N-NL541-056 by MC2 Stuart Phillips from the DVIDS)
0736p19	163k	21 July 2012: the Caribbean Sea - U.S. Navy Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Kenneth Lang, left, and Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Aldo Rodriguez reassemble a dryer aboard the guided missile frigate *Underwood* during Southern Seas 2012. Southern Seas is a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation designed to strengthen relationships with regional partner nations and improve operational readiness for all assigned units. (U.S. Navy photos VIRIN #120721-N-NL541-089 by MC2 Stuart Phillips from the DVIDS)
0736p20	145k	11 August 2012: the Caribbean Sea - Damage Controlman 2nd Class (SW) Nicholas Clark stows a training emergency escape breathing device used during an engineering casualty control drill in auxiliary machine room three of *Underwood. Underwood* is deployed to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Southern Seas 2012. (U.S. Navy photos VIRIN #120811-N-NL541-201 by MC2 Stuart Phillips from the DVIDS)
0736p21	217k	21 August 2012: the Caribbean Sea - Quartermaster 1st Class Keith McBride plots a navigational track in the pilothouse of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate *Underwood. Underwood* is deployed to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Southern Seas 2012. (U.S. Navy photos VIRIN #120821-N-NL541-034 by MC2 Stuart Phillips from the DVIDS)
0736p22	260k	08 September 2012: Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Dmitry Spiridonov teaches knot tying to children with the CRADLE Center and Rainbow Rescue during a community relations project aboard the guided missile frigate *Underwood, in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Underwood* deployed to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Southern Seas 2012. Southern Seas is a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation designed to strengthen relationships with regional partner nations and improve operational readiness for all assigned units. (U.S. Navy photos VIRIN #120908-N-ZE938-106 by MC3 Frank J. Pikul from the DVIDS)
0736p23	106k	12 October 2012: the Atlantic Ocean - U.S. Navy Chief Sonar Technician Surface Robert Claggett fires an M4 carbine during a small-arms qualification aboard guided missile frigate *Underwood, in the Caribbean Sea. Underwood* was deployed to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Operation Martillo and Southern Seas 2012. Southern Seas is a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation designed to strengthen relationships with regional partner nations and improve operational readiness for all assigned units. Operation Martillo is a joint, interagency and multinational collaborative effort to deny transnational criminal organizations air and maritime access to the littoral regions of the Central American isthmus. (U.S. Navy photos VIRIN #121012-N-NL541-122 by MC2 Stuart Phillips from the DVIDS)
0736p24	257k	13 October 2012: the Caribbean Sea - U.S. Navy Chief Damage Controlman David Stuart, left foreground, and Ensign Andrew Miller, right, get condiments for hamburgers and hot dogs during a steel beach picnic to celebrate the Navy's 237th birthday aboard *Underwood* in the Caribbean Sea. *Underwood* was deployed to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Operation Martillo and Southern Seas 2012. Southern Seas is a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation designed to strengthen relationships with regional partner nations and improve operational readiness for all assigned units. Operation Martillo is a joint, interagency and multinational collaborative effort to deny transnational criminal organizations air and maritime access to the littoral regions of the Central American isthmus. (U.S. Navy photos VIRIN #121013-N-ZE938-011 by MC3 Frank J. Pikul from the DVIDS)
0736p25	241k	29 October 2012: the Atlantic Ocean - U.S. sailors and their friends and family members observe as Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Sean Bishop fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire weapons demonstration during a tiger cruise aboard guided missile frigate USS *Underwood* (FFG 36), in the Atlantic Ocean. *Underwood* returned from a deployment to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Southern Seas 2012. (U.S. Navy photos VIRIN #121029-N-NL541-173 by MC2 Stuart Phillips from the DVIDS)
0736p26	197k	29 October 2012: the Atlantic Ocean - U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Jason Funk, right, talks with his uncle, Tony Soriano, during a tiger cruise aboard guided missile frigate *Underwood, in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photos VIRIN* #121029-N-NL541-096 by MC2 Stuart Phillips from the DVIDS)