Keywords: US Navy 040423-N-9849W-093 Capt. Chris Noble, commanding officer USS Coronado (AGF 11), greets the Philippine press shortly after arriving at the former U.S. Navy base.jpg en Capt Chris Noble commanding officer USS Coronado AGF 11 greets the Philippine press shortly after arriving at the former U S Navy base Coronado arrived for a scheduled port visit The port visit gives the more than 450 Sailors civilian mariners and Seventh Fleet staff members embarked aboard Coronado a chance to experience the unique culture of the Philippines sightsee and participate in community service projects The ship is serving as the temporary command ship for U S Seventh Fleet while USS Blue Ridge LCC 19 is in a scheduled dry dock maintenance period Besides serving as a temporary command ship Coronado is also experimenting with a unique manning concept The crew is made up of civilian mariners from the Military Sealift Command MSC and a small group of Sailors designed to replace the 481 Sailors normally assigned to Coronado The combined MSC/Navy crew of 263 and some augmentees from the Seventh Fleet flagship Blue Ridge support the embarked Seventh Fleet staff 2004-04-23 http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 13732 U S Navy/Photographer's Mate 3rd Class John E Woods 040423-N-9849W-093 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 13732 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Coronado AGF-11 Images from US Navy location Subic Bay Republic of the Philippines |