The ocean minesweeper USS IMPERVIOUS (MSO-449) is moved to the pier by the large harbor tug SANTAQUIN (YTB-824), center, and a civilian tug after being unloaded from the Dutch heavy lift SUPER SERVANT 4. SUPER SERVANT 4 carried the ADROIT and two other ocean minesweepers, the USS IMPERVIOUS (MSO-449) and USS LEADER (MSO-490), to Norfolk from the Persian Gulf region, where the minesweepers were deployed for 14 months in support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM
Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk
State: Virginia(VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Christopher L. Ryan
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/11/1991
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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