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Aerial port quarter view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) being towed by the fleet tug USS QUAPAW (ATF 110). The NAUTILUS is en route to Groton, Connecticut, where it will become a museum. The tank landing ship USS TUSCALOOSA (LST 1187) is visible in the background

Aerial starboard side view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) being towed by the large harbor tugs SKENANDOA (YTB 835), foreground, and PUSHMATAHA (YTB 830). The large harbor tug ACCOMAC (TYB 812) is visible in the background

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A silhouette of the guided missile destroyer USS BENJAMIN STODDERT (DDG-22) as seen from the bow of the guided missile destroyer USS GOLDSBOROUGH (DDG-20). Both vessels are off the coast of the United Arab Emirates

The forward Mark 45 5-inch/54-caliber gun is fired to starboard aboard the destroyer USS STUMP (DD 978)

Landing Craft Air Cushion 65, assigned to Assault Craft

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An RIM-66C Standard missile is fired from the forward Mark 26 Mod 1 launcher aboard the guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47). The missile is being fired at a target drone on the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility, Puerto Rico

An aerial starboard beam view of the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS YORKTOWN (CG 48) firing an RIM-66 Standard (SM-2) medium range guided missile

A RIM-66 Standard-MR/SM2 (medium range) missile is launched from the Mark 26 launcher aboard the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47)

A view of the aft Mark 26 missile launcher and the Mark 45 5-inch DP gun mount aboard the guided missile destroyer USS KIDD (DDG-993)

A port view of the aft section of the guided missile cruiser USS YORKTOWN (CG-48) while the ship is underway. A Mark 45 5-inch/54-caliber gun and two quad Mark 141 Harpoon canisters are visible

An RIM-66 Standard missile on a Mark-13 Mod-4 launcher on the bow of the guided missile frigate USS HALYBURTON (FFG-40). The HALYBURTON is participating in Exercise BALTOPS '85. In the background is the guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47). Exact Date Shot Unknown

Crew members man the rail aboard the first Aegis guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47) during commissioning ceremonies at Ingalls Shipbuilding. The twin Mark 26 Mod One missile launcher with Standard medium range surface-to-air missiles is visible behind them

A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) firing a missile from its aft Mark-26 Launcher during sea trials

A starboard view of the Mark 45 54-caliber gun and Mark 26 missile launcher on the stern of the guided missile destroyer USS KIDD (DDG 993) as the ship crosses Thimble Shoals

The aft Mark 26 Mod 1 Standard-MR missile launcher aboard the guided missile cruiser USS YORKTOWN (CG 48). In the background are the Mark 141 Harpoon missile canisters

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Base: USS Yorktown (CG 48)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

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20/06/1986
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label_outline Explore Standard Mr, Harpoon Missile, Harpoon

A view from the helicopter deck looking aft at the aft missile launcher on the guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG 47) immediately after time firing of a missile

Twenty four one quarter pound canisters of TNT set and ready for detonation by Marine Scouts from Alfa, Bravo, Charlie and Delta Companies, on the OP-3 range, during the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Re-qualification (LAR-REQUALEX) '98

A Mark 29 box launcher aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) is elevated to a firing position prior to launching a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile

STS062-16-035 - STS-062 - Columbia's payload bay with USMP-2 and GAS canisters

A RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile is fired from a box launcher aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63)

A left side view of an Iraqi FROG-7 Free Rocket Over Ground (FROG) artillery rocket system Transporter-Erector-Launcher (TEL) captured during Operation Desert Storm

A port bow view of the forward section of the frigate USS DAVIDSON (FF 1045) showing the Mark 30 5-inch/38-cal. gun and the Mark 16 anti-submarine rocket (ASROC) launcher. The ship is participating in a midshipmen's summer training cruise

Able SEAMAN Uri Kurop from Australian Clearance Diving Team One waits near the stern deck ramp of USS DENVER (LPD 9) for a night dive with the rest of his team during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. He is dressed in a Military Jump Suit; the rebreather seen (bottom left) is a Drager LAR-V Mod 2. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

US Navy (USN) Sailors from the Ticonderoga class Cruiser USS YORKTOWN (CG 48) response to fight a fire aboard the Greek-flagged oil tanker, motor vessel (MV) EVERTON, after it collided with a fishing vessel off the coast of Oman. YORKTOWN dispatched a 6-person damage control team to MV EVERTON with a P-100 pump and Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) to put out flames and cool hotspots throughout its hull. 24 of the tanker's 25 crewmembers were rescued. One crewmember is still listed as missing. YORKTOWN is assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group Two (ESG-2) currently conducting missions in support of Operations IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of a missile being fired from the aft launcher aboard the guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG 47)

STS062-113-088 - STS-062 - Getaway special canisters on Columbia's payload bay

An M-60 tank is driven ashore from an Assault Craft Unit 2 (ACU-2) LCM-8 Mod-1 mechanized landing craft as Onslow Beach during Exercise Solid Shield '85. Overhead is a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter

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