Sailors on an American warship observe a Soviet Tarantul III class missile corvette underway. The guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59) and the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) are making the second goodwill visit to a Soviet port by American naval vessels since World War II
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Sevastopol
Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Scott Allen, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
04/08/1989
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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