US Navy (USN) Sailors stationed at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, attach a bow plane mooring line from the USN Ticonderoga Class Missile Cruiser (Aegis) USS COWPENS (CG 63) to a cleat aboard the USN Large Harbor Tug MANISTEE (YTB 782), as the ship prepares to get underway. Tugboats are used to safely guide larger ships in and out of ports
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Naval Hospital, Yokosuka
Country: Japan (JPN)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Adam York, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
23/03/2006
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Source
The U.S. National Archives
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