A view from onboard the Peruvian Navy DE RUYTER CLASS: Buque Armada Peruana (BAP) Cruiser, ALMIRANTE GRAU (CLM 81), showing the ships Bofors 6-inch, 152mm/53 twin guns firing off the starboard bow, during a naval amphibious assault exercise, while the ship is underway in the Pacific Ocean, during Exercise UNITAS 45-04. Unitas exercises are the largest multilateral exercise in the Southern Hemisphere. Designed to improve the operational readiness and interoperability of the United States and South American Naval, Coast Guard, and Marine forces, while promoting friendship, professionalism and understanding among participants
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS 45-04
Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
Scene Camera Operator: JOC Dave Fliesen, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
03/07/2004
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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