An aerial starboard quarter view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68), the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) and their escorts underway off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon. The escorts are, clockwise from left: frigate USS W.S. SIMS (FF 1059), guided missile destroyer USS RICHARD E. BYRD (DDG 23), replenishment oilers USS KALAMAZOO (AOR 6) and USS SAVANNAH (AOR 4), guided missile cruiser USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG 27), the frigate USS TRIPPE (FF F1075) and the ammunition ship USS NITRO (AE 23)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Nilo Davila
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
05/02/1987
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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