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Aerial starboard side stern view showing US Navy (USN) Sailors manning the rails aboard the USN Wasp Class: Amphibious Assault Ship, USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3). The ship is currently underway in on the Hudson River during the start of the Fleet Week New York City 2006 parade of ships. Fleet week includes dozens of military demonstrations and displays, including public tours of many of the participating ships. The Statue of Liberty is visible in the background

A starboard view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) moored in a deperming crib on the Elizabeth River. Deperming coils have been laid across the deck. The coils, when energized, will reduce the ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect the ship from magnetic mines and torpedoes

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A starboard bow view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) moored in a deperming crib on the Elizabeth River. Deperming coils have been laid across the deck. The coils, when energized, will reduce the ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect the ship from magnetic mines and torpedoes

A starboard quarter view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) with crewmen manning the rails as the vessel approaches Naval Station, Norfolk for its commissioning ceremony. The first ship in its class, WASP combines flight deck and well deck capabilities with a state-of-the-art combat information center and several newly developed systems

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Starboard bow view of the US Navy (USN) NIMITZ CLASS: Aircraft Carrier, USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74), showing Sailors manning the rails as the ship depart from her homeport at Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island, California (CA). The Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are deploying to the Eastern and Western Pacific Region, to conduct joint and combined operations during a regularly scheduled deployment. A commercial harbor tugboat is underway off the starboard side of the ship and the San Diego city skyline is visible in the background

Aerial starboard side view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) inside the deperming station crib outside Norfolk. The WASP, a new ship, is being depermed for the first time. This is a periodic requirement done by wrapping the ship in electric cables to run electrical currents back and forth until the ship has a negative polarity. This prevents the ship from detonating magnetic influence mines or torpedoes

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Base: Elizabeth River, Norfolk

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Westfall

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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25/08/1992
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