A starboard bow view of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) surveillance ship USNS SALWART (T-AGOS-1) tied up at pier one at the Washington Navy Yard during a port visit. The SALWART is one of two of her class which has been converted for use in the drug-interdiction program by installation of an SPS-49 long range search radar on the main mast and upgraded satellite receivers
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Anacostia River
State: District Of Columbia (DC)
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
23/05/1994
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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