A view of the Mine Neutralization System (MNS) vehicle which is cable-controlled by the mine countermeasures ship USS AVENGER (MCM 1). The submersible vehicle is on board the AVENGER as the vessel arrives in home port at Naval Base, Charleston. The AVENGER, assigned to Mine Squadron 2, is the first of eight ships currently being built by the Navy to replace the older open ocean minesweepers (MSOs) constructed in the 1950s
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Naval Base, Charleston
State: South Carolina (SC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Thomas Petry
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
11/12/1987
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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