A band plays on the pier as the large harbor tug OPELIKA (YTB-798) moves the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper support ship HAYASE (MST-462) across the bay as the ship arrives at the naval station. Three Japanese minesweepers and two support ships are stopping in the Philippines while en route to Kuwait to assist in the multinational effort to clear Iraqi mines from the Persian Gulf following Operation Desert Storm
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM
Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay
State: Luzon
Country: Philippines (PHL)
Scene Camera Operator: PHC Chet King
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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- The Japanese flag flies from the stern of the Maritime Self-Defense ...
- Boots on the ground - よみタイム
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- 소해모함 MST-462 하야세 - Minesweeper Tender JS Hayase
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Date
04/05/1991
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