A Sailor from the Peoples Republic of China inspects the ships mooring lines after arriving in San Diegos Naval Station North Island. This marks the first time Chinese warships have crossed the Pacific and visited the Continental United States. The guided missile destroyers HARBIN and ZHUHAI, and the supply ship NANCANG will moor next to the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64). The ships are expected to visit for five days
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: San Diego
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Marcus Myers
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
21/03/1997
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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