A tug boat pulls the ocean minesweeper USS ADROIT (MSO-0509) over the submerged deck of the Dutch heavy lift ship SUPER SERVANT 3. The ocean minesweeper USS LEADER (MSO-490) is at right. Three ocean minesweepers and a mine countermeasures ship are being loaded aboard the SUPER SERVANT 3 for transportation to the Persian Gulf, where they will support U.S. forces sent to the region in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD/STORM
Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Oscar Sosa
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
19/08/1990
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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