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Crew members man the rails as the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) is assisted to the dock by the large harbor tug WATHENA (YTB 825). The aircraft carrier is returning from an extended deployment in the Mediterranean

Crewmen aboard the large harbor tug (YTB 800) spray water into the air while escorting the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66) into port, upon its return from the Mediterranean

Tugs assist the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) to the dock upon its arrival in port. The ship is returning from a deployment in the Mediterranean Sea

The family of a crewman aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) waits at dockside for him to come ashore. The ship has just returned to port after an extended deployment in the Mediterranean Sea

Crew members man the rail as the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) arrives in port after a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea

Crew members disembark from the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) upon the ship's return to port from a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea

A crewman from the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) meets with a friend upon his return to port after an extended deployment in the Mediterranean

A large balloon is inflated to welcome crew members of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) upon their return to port after an extended deployment in the Mediterranean Sea

Twgs assist the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) to the dock upon its arrival in port. The ship is returning from a deployment in the Mediterranean Sea

Crew members man the rails as the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) is assisted to the dock by the large harbor tug WATHENA (YTB 825). The aircraft carrier is returning from an extended deployment in the Mediterranean

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Base: Naval Station, Norfolk

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: JOCS Kirby Harrison

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/04/1984
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label_outline Explore Harbor Tug Wathena, Wathena, Jocs Kirby Harrison

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Crew members man the rail aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) during a pass in review ceremony for officials of the Central America nation of Belize. On the right is the guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG 47)

Crew members man the rails as large harbor tugs maneuver the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) into port

An aerial view of the aircraft carriers USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62), left, and USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), right, tied up at the same dock in preparation for the change of charge during the exercise RIMPAC '98

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Crew members man the rail of the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) as it departs for the commencement of NATO Exercise BALTIC OPERATIONS '85

An A-6E Intruder aircraft of the Naval Air Test Center is readied for takeoff from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62)

The Sacramento Class: Fast Combat Support Ship, USS SEATTLE (AOE 3) begins a vertical replenishment exercise with USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) (Partially seen in foreground) by hoisting the ship a fuel hose. The SEATTLE supplied the INDEPENDENCE with more than one million gallons of fuel during this replenishment in the Persian Gulf

The large harbor tug WATHENA (YTB 825) maneuvers the battleship WISCONSIN (BB 64) as the salvage and rescue ship USS EDENTON (ATS 1) prepares to tow ship. The WISCONSIN, which was decommissioned on September 30th, is being towed to the Philadelphia Shipyard's Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility

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