A colorful welcome home banner hangs dockside as the US Navy (USN) Sturgeon Class; Attack Submarine USS PARCHE (SSN 683), gets assistance from a commercial tugboat, as the ship returns to port for the final time at the Marginal pier at Naval Base Kitsap, Washington (WA). The USS Parche, the last active Sturgeon Class submarine, is due to be decommissioned after serving the fleet for over thirty-years
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Naval Base, Kitsap (BANGOR)
State: Washington (WA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Brian Nokell, CIV
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
20/09/2004
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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