The large harbor tugs ANOKA (YTB-810) and PIQUA (YTB-793) move in under the bow of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) in preparation for the ship getting underway for the Caribbean in support of Operations Able Vigil and Support Democracy. The ship is transpoorting 1,800 U.S. Army troops of the elite 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, N.Y., and their military hardware. On the flight deck can be seen numerous AH-IT Cobra helicopter gunships
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ABLE VIGILSUPPORT DEMOCRACY
Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Gregory L. Campbell
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/09/1994
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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