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German navy makes its debut at RIMPAC

The German navy has dispatched ships to participate for the first time at the biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific — the world’s largest naval exercise.

By Jamm Aquino

July 4, 2024

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A German Navy sailor blows the horn as fellow sailors embark aboard the FGS Frankfurt Am Main during a tour of RIMPAC’s participating ships, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
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German Navy Commander Hanno Weisensee walks the port side of the FGS Frankfurt Am Main as a Baden-Württemberg-class frigate is seen tethered alongside at right during a tour of RIMPAC’s participating ships, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
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German Navy Commander Hanno Weisensee stands in the hospital corridor onboard the FGS Frankfurt Am Main during a tour of RIMPAC’s participating ships, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
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German Navy Commander Hanno Weisensee stands in the hospital corridor onboard the FGS Frankfurt Am Main during a tour of RIMPAC’s participating ships, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
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A German Navy Baden-Württemberg-class frigate is seen tethered alongside the the FGS Frankfurt Am Main during a tour of RIMPAC’s participating ships, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
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Some of the utility hoses used to resupply other ships are seen onboard the FGS Frankfurt Am Main during a tour of RIMPAC’s participating ships, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. The hoses can move up to 500 cubic meters an hour of fuel, water, and other material to ships tethered alongside.
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German Navy Commander Hanno Weisensee shows some of the utility hoses used to resupply other ships onboard the FGS Frankfurt Am Main during a tour of RIMPAC’s participating ships, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
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German Navy Commander Hanno Weisensee stands outside the hospital facility of the FGS Frankfurt Am Main during a tour of RIMPAC’s participating ships, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
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The German flag is seen with the USS Missouri and USS Arizona Memorial in the background on the helo deck of the FGS Frankfurt Am Main during a tour of RIMPAC’s participating ships, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
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German Navy Commander Hanno Weisensee stands in the helo hangar of the FGS Frankfurt Am Main during a tour of RIMPAC’s participating ships, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
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The NATO flag is seen on the dock as German Navy sailor Martin Kubell disembarks the FGS Frankfurt Am Main during a tour of RIMPAC’s participating ships, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
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Warships from various countries are seen at the docks during a tour of RIMPAC’s participating ships, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.

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