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A banner expresses appreciation for Navy and Marine Corps personnel returning to home port after 11 months at sea aboard the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62)

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Base: Naval Air Station, Long Beach

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Weissleder

Release Status: Released to Public

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banner appreciation navy marine personnel marine corps personnel home port home port months sea battleship battleship uss uss new jersey naval air station california united states ships us navy ships us marine corps us navy high resolution battleship uss new jersey ph 1 bob weissleder long beach us national archives
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05/05/1984
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The Dutch heavy lift ship SUPER SERVANT 4 lies tied up at Pier 12 North. The ship's deck aft of its bridge has been submerged to permit the unloading of three U.S. Navy ocean minesweepers. The minesweepers have returned to Norfolk after being deployed for 14 months in the Persian Gulf region in support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

A view from the forecastle of the Mark 7, 16-inch, 50-caliber guns and superstructure of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62). In the background is the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64)

Port bow view of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) being towed into the Pacific Ocean by tugboats for sea trials

Crew members man the rails of the guided missile frigate USS STARK (FFG 31) as the ship's return to home port. Iraqi-launched Exocet missiles severely damaged the STARK when the ship was deployed in the Persian Gulf earlier this year

A Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion from helicopter squadron HMH 466 flies to USS TARAWA (LHA 1) while deployed on the ship for Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Friends and relatives march down the pier with their signs to welcome back crew members of the guided missile destroyer USS KIDD (DDG 993) upon the ship's return to home port after a deployment to the Persian Gulf

Marines from 1ST Marine Division, 3rd Amphibious Armored Vehicle Battalion, act as opposing forces (OPFOR) driving Soviet MT-LB Multipurpose Armored Vehicle during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

A crew member explains battleship operations to visitors aboard the USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) during an open house

Supplies for the Navy team repairing an LC-130 Hercules aircraft which crashed in 1971 while on a National Science Foundation mission, are unloaded from an LC-130 of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6). After 3 months of work by the team, the Foundation's LC-130 was able to fly out from the crash site on January 10, 1988

An aerial port bow view of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62), center, underway with six other ships of its task group

A 5-inch/38-caliber gun is fired off the port side of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) during firing exercises

Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R) and members of Congress visit with US Air Force (USAF) officers and enlisted members at a forward-deployed location that was home for these deployed servicemen for the past two months during their support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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banner appreciation navy marine personnel marine corps personnel home port home port months sea battleship battleship uss uss new jersey naval air station california united states ships us navy ships us marine corps us navy high resolution battleship uss new jersey ph 1 bob weissleder long beach us national archives