A US Navy (USN) Sailor is hug by his kids as friends and family members say goodbye to the crew of the USN Los Angeles Clas Submarine USS LA JOLLA (SSN 701) before the boat departs from its homeport at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for a six-month deployment. LA JOLLA is one of three specially configured attack submarines, equipped with a Dry Deck Shelter (DDS), that allows special operations forces including US Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) to deploy from submarines
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Pearl Harbor
State: Hawaii (HI)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: JOC David Rush, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
16/05/2006
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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