The US Navy (USN) Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3) leads the formation followed by Landing Craft, Air Cushions (LCAC) assigned to Assault Craft Unit-4 (ACU-4). They are flanked by USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS NORMANDY (CG 60) (left) and USN Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59). The Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), on the Atlantic Ocean, is returning to homeport Naval Station (NS) Norfolk, Virginia (VA), after a regularly scheduled deployment 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 Finley Williams, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
17/09/2005
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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