Sailors manning the rail aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) wave to friends and family members as the ship prepares to moor pier side at Naval Station Pearl Harbor.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (May. 02, 2008) Sailors manning the rail aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) wave to friends and family members as the ship prepares to moor pier side at Naval Station Pearl Harbor. Port Royal and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) returned to their homeport after a six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean as part of the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl File# 080502-N-4965F-468