Divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Two, Detachment 40 (EOD-2, Detachment 40) arm two Mark 77 mine-neutralization charges while aboard the amphibious transport dock USS NASHVILLE (LPD 13) during exercises conducted by Mine Countermeasures Task Group 1-81 (MCMTG 1-81). The task group, consisting of navy units from seven NATO countries, was formed to increase their mine countermeasures capabilities
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Nashville (LPD 13)
Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Douglas P. Tesner
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/07/1981
Source
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