With a US Navy lieutenant at the helm, five Soviet Sailors enjoy a ride in a miniature aircraft carrier during their visit to the base. In Norfolk for a five-day goodwill visit are the Guided Missile Cruiser MARSHAL USTINOV (CG 088), the Guided Missile Destroyer OTLICHNYY (DDG 434) and the Replenishment Oiler GENRIKH GASANOV. This is the first time that ships of the Soviet navy have visited an American military port
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Naval Base, Norfolk
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Elliott, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
21/07/1989
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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