A crewman aboard the USS AVENGER (CMC-1) retrieves a messenger line from a tug as preparations are made for loading the mine countermeasure ship aboard the Dutch heavy lift ship SUPER SERVANT 3. The SUPER SERVANT 3 will transport ADROIT and other minesweepers to the Persian Gulf in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD/STORM
Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Oscar Sosa
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/08/1990
Location
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The U.S. National Archives
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