Crewmen sit on the railing of the salvage ship USS CONSERVER (ARS 39) as the fleet tug USNS NARRAGANSETT (T-ATF 167) patrols on the horizon during salvage operations for downed Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL-007). The commercial jet was shot down by Soviet aircraft over Sakhalin Island on August 30, 1983 in the Sea of Japan. All 269 passengers and crewmen were killed
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Base: USS Conserver (ARS 39)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 F. Barbante, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
17/09/1983
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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