A port quarter view of the Military Sealift Command chartered freighter AUSTRAL LIGHTNING (T-AK-5061) undergoing overhaul at the Norfolk Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation on the Elizabeth River. The vessel has returned to Norfolk following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm.
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM
Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk
State: Virginia(VA)
Country: United States Of America(USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
29/06/1991
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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