The amphibious assault ship USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2) comes alongside the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) as it prepares to dock in port during Operation Desert Shield. The IWO JIMA has returned to Bahrain following a boiler room accident aboard the vessel which killed ten crew members
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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD
Base: USS Iwo Jima(LHD 7)
Country: Bahrain(BHR)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 John C. Carnes
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
01/10/1990
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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