US Navy (USN) Commander (CDR) Robert S. Kerno (left), Commanding Officer (CO), USN Ticonderoga Class Cruiser USS YORKTOWN (CG 48), points out some sights to the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez during a tour of the ship. The YORKTOWN is visiting the city of Willemstad at Curacao, Netherlands Antilles north of Venezuela during the 43rd annual UNITAS (Unity in Spanish) exercise. UNITAS is the largest multi-national naval exercise conducted by US, Caribbean, Central, and South American naval forces with the focus on building a hemispheric coalition for mutual defense and cooperation
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Willemstad, Curacao
Country: Netherlands Antilles (ANT)
Scene Major Command Shown: USS YORKTOWN (CG 48)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Aw/Nac) Martin Maddock, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
02/03/2002
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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