Crewmen handle 900-pound buoys, or "pigs", on the stern of the ocean minesweeper USS CONSTANT (MSO 427) during sweeping exercises. Minesweeping cables fitted with armed cutters are attached to the pigs to free moored mines. The ship is assigned to the Naval Reserve Force (NRF)

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Crewmen handle 900-pound buoys, or "pigs", on the stern of the ocean minesweeper USS CONSTANT (MSO 427) during sweeping exercises. Minesweeping cables fitted with armed cutters are attached to the pigs to free moored mines. The ship is assigned to the Naval Reserve Force (NRF)

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: USS Constant (MSO 427)

Country: Gulf Of Alaska

Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Lance Johnson

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

15/06/1983

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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