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Guests wait on the pier for a tour of the guided missile destroyer USS SCOTT (DDG 995) during Navy Appreciation Week 1989, which is sponsored by the Port Everglades Authority, the Broward County community and th Navy League of the United States. The guided missile destroyer USS TATTNALL (DDG 19) is tied up beside the Scott
A section of the US Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps stands on the pier in the shadow of the guided missile destroyer USS SCOTT (DDG 995) during the General Lewis Walt Memorial Parade. The parade is part of Navy Appreciation Week, which is sponsored by the Fort Lauderdale Council of the Navy League of the United States
Large harbor tugs maneuver the Amphibious Assault Ship USS WASP (LHD 1) into port as the vessel, with crewmen manning the rails, arrives at the naval station for its commissioning ceremony. Docked at piers in the background are, from left: the Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), the Frigate USS DONALD B. BEARY (FF 1085), and the Guided Missile Destroyer USS SCOTT (DDG 995)
A starboard bow view of the destroyer USS BARRY (DD 933) being towed up the Anacostia River to the Washington Navy Yard, where it will be permanently moored as a memorial ship. Assisting in the towing operation are several small Navy Yard craft and the Coast Guard tug USCG MOHICAN
U.S. Marines attached to the Marine Drum and Bugle
Port bow view of the US Navy (USN) ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS (FLIGHT IIA) GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER (AEGIS), USS CHUNG-HOON (DDG 93) being assisted by a civilian tug boats to the fitting out pier at the Northrop Grumman Ingalls Shipyard, Pascagoula, Mississippi (MS), following the ships official float-off
A stern view of three U.S. Navy ships tied at the dock during a port visit. The ships are, from left to right: the guided missile destroyer USS LUCE (DDG-38), and the destroyers USS NICHOLSON (DD-982) and USS JOHN HANCOCK (DD-981)
The nuclear-powered attack submarine USS SAND LANCE (SSN-660) passes the guided missile destroyer USS DAHLGREN (DDG-43), foreground, and the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) as it arrives at the naval station during Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations
A United States Navy band performs during the commissioning of the guided missile destroyer USS SCOTT (DDG 995)
The US Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps plays on the pier in front of the guided missile destroyer USS SCOTT (DDG 995) during Navy Appreciation Week 1989, which is sponsored by the Port Everglades Authority, the Broward County community and the Navy League of the United States. The stern of the amphibious command ship USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20) is at left
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Port Everglades
State: Florida (FL)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 E.E. Crawford
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775. That date is celebrated as the Marine Corps's birthday. Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, Marine detachments served aboard Navy cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. About 600,000 Americans served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, performed a central role in the Pacific War. The Pacific theatre battles saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. The Battle of Iwo Jima was arguably the most famous Marine engagement of the war with high losses of 26,000 American casualties and 22,000 Japanese. By the end of WWII, the Corps expanded totaling about 485,000 Marines. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II (including nearly 20,000 killed), and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. The Korean War saw the Corps expand from 75,000 regulars to a force of 261,000 Marines, mostly reservists. 30,544 Marines were killed or wounded during the war. During Vietnam War Marines evacuated Saigon. Vietnam was the longest war for Marines. By its end, 13,091 had been killed in action, 51,392 had been wounded. Marines participated in the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt, the invasion of Grenada, the invasion of Panama. On 23 October 1983, the Marine headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed, causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history. 220 Marines and 21 other service members were killed. Marines liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, participated in combat operations in Somalia (1992–1995), and took part in the evacuation of American citizens from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania. Following the attacks on 11 September 2001, Marine Corps, alongside the other military services, has engaged in global operations around the world in support of War on Terror. Marines were among first sent to Afghanistan in November 2001. Since then, Marine battalions and squadrons have been engaging Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. U.S. Marines also served in the Iraq War.
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