U.S. Navy (USN) Sailors aboard the USN Oliver Hazard Perry Class Guided Missile Frigate USS STEPHEN W. GROVES (FFG 29) man the rails as the ship fires a gun salute, on Nov. 16, 2006, in a re-enactment of the salute given to Andrew Doria by Governor Johannes de Graaff of Sint Eustatius Nov. 16, 1776. The salute is the first formal recognition of what would become the United States of America by a sovereign nation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Regina L. Brown) (Released)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Regina L. Brown, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
16/11/2006
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Source
The U.S. National Archives
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