The large harbor tugs ANOKA (YTB-810), PIQUA (YTB-793), OKMULGEE (UTB-765) and DAHLONEGA (YTB-770) assist the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER into the channel as the ship departs for Haiti as part of the joint Operation Support Democracy and is transporting 1,800 U.S. Army troops of the elite 10th Mountain Division, along with their military hardware to the Caribbean. Numerous Army AH-1T Cobra gunships and HH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters are parked on the flight deck
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT DEMOCRACY
Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Steve Enfield
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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