Arriving onboard a US Navy (USN) UH-60S Knighthawk helicopter, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Commodore (CDRE) Steve Gilmore, Commander Task Force 58 (CTF-58), transferred his flag and his crew of 15 RAN Sailors from the USN Ticonderoga Class Cruiser Class USS ANTIETAM (CG 54) [not shown] to the USN Ticonderoga Class Cruiser Class USS NORMANDY (CG 60). CDRE Gilmore, is responsible for coalition maritime security operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf and the first Australian coalition commander to lead a combined task group in operations since World War II (WWII)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Persian Gulf
Scene Camera Operator: JO2 David Valdez, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
1940
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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