CAPT. G.B. McEwen, left, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10), inspects damage to the vessel as it sits in dry dock awaiting repairs. The damage was inflicted by an Iraqi mine that the ship struck while serving as a mine-clearing platform in the northern Persian Gulf on February 18 during Operation Desert Storm. The TRIPOLI was able to continue operations after damage control crews stopped the flooding caused by the explosion
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM
Country: Bahrain(BHR)
Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Gawlowicz
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/02/1991
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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