The ship, the USS Mount Whitney, is the Navy's only Joint Command Ship and is considered to be the most sophisticated ship ever commissioned in terms of communication, control, command, computers and intelligence capabilities, according to the Navy's Web site.

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The command of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia faced mounting scrutiny at the weekend over its handling of the ship's ill-fated journey, which ended in a disorderly evacuation and at least five deaths.

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The Cornwall carries a 4.5 inch MK8 gun, Goal Keeper CIWS close in weapon systems, Sea Wolf anti-missile system, Harpoon missile launchers, two 20mm close range guns, Lynx MK8 helicopter armament, anti-ship missiles, and one of the most sophisticated command and control communications systems on water.

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You command a ship and its crew and systems as you flee a pursuing fleet of rebel ships through the galaxy, traveling through alien systems, sensor-destroying nebulas, and shield-bashing asteroid fields.

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