The US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) plows through the waters of the Pacific Ocean as it makes its approach to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Henry J. Kaiser Class Underway Replenishment Oiler USNS YUKON (T-AO 202) before commencing replenishment at sea (RAS) evolution. Currently underway in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), the HAWK demonstrates power projection and sea control as the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Usns Yukon (T-AO 202)
Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jason T. Poplin, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
09/08/2004
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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