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US Navy (USN) CHIEF Aviation Ordnanceman (AOC) Scott Kuczynski fires a twin M2.50 caliber machine gun, from onboard the USN Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), at the decommissioned USN (former) Robert D. Conrad Class Oceanographic Research Ship, (now) Unclassified Miscellaneous (IX) Research Vessel, R/V GOSPORT (IX 517) in a live-fire Sink Exercise conducted 300 miles off the eastern seaboard of the United States. The R/V GOSPORT, other decommissioned vessels that were used as targets, were completely inspected by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before being sunk and will now serve as an artificial reef for deep-sea marine life
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- The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Saipan (LHA 2) Country: At Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Latrice Ames, Usn Release Status: Released to Public
- Display date:
- 2004-11-12
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- Digital Public Library of America
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- National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
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