The US Navy (USN) Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS VELLA GULF (CG 72) is assisted by a tugboat as it departs for the Baltic Sea from Naval Station (NS) Norfolk, Virginia (VA), to participate in the 34th annual maritime Exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 2006). BALTOPS 2006 is an annual international sea exercise designed to increase the level of cooperation between naval forces of the Partnership for Peace members in the Baltic Region. Exercise events include mine countermeasures, maritime interdiction, damage control, undersea warfare and search and rescue scenarios
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Naval Station, Norfolk
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Joshua Glassburn, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
17/05/2006
Location
Naval Base Post Office
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36.94679, -76.31728
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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