Turkish sailors board the destroyer TCG YUCETEPE (D-345) for the first time. The YUCETEPE, formerly the USS ORLECK (DD 886), is being decommissioned by the US Navy and transferred to the Turkish Navy in a combined ceremony. The ORLECK is the last World War II era destroyer in the Pacific Fleet
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Tacoma
State: Washington (WA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/10/1982
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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