US Navy destroyer visits Qingdao
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Updated: 2005-09-13 13:41

A child offers flowers to John T. Lauer, captain of the USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), a destroyer from the US Pacific Fleet, which is arriving to start a four-day port call in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province. Lauer brings with him a total of 310 servicemen. It is the eighth visit by a US naval vessel to Qingdao.[newsphoto]  USS Curtis Wilbur sailors prepare the docking precedures at Qingdao port when the Aegis guided missile destroyer sails into the port for the four-day visit September 13, 2005. [newsphoto]