An HTC-8670 Link-Belt crane loads a "quad-pack" canister for the MK-41 vertical launch system (VLS), aboard the US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke class Guided Missile Destroyer USS McCAMPBELL (DDG 85). In the canister is an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM). ESSM is an international cooperative upgrade of the RIM 7 NATO Sea Sparrow Missile, providing increased battle space against high-speed, highly maneuverable anti-ship missiles. McCAMPBELL is the first ship to deploy with the ESSM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Naval Air Station, North Island
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: LTJG Joel Jackson, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
18/05/2004
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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