A US Navy (USN) Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB), from the USN Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer, USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66), transports Moroccan Naval personnel, from the Moroccan Navy Floreal Class Frigate, HASSAN II (FFGHM 612), to the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3) while underway in the Atlantic Ocean (AOC). The HASSAN II and another Moroccan Navy Frigate will escort the KEARSARGE through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea so that it can participate in a regularly scheduled deployment in the Mediterranean in support of the Global war on Terrorism (GWOT)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Christopher J Newsome, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
05/04/2005
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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