Line handlers aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724) stand at parade rest as a commercial tug pushes the submarine toward the pier. The LOUISVILLE is returning to San Diego following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, during which it became the first submarine to launch a Tomahawk land attack missile in a wartime situation

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Line handlers aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724) stand at parade rest as a commercial tug pushes the submarine toward the pier. The LOUISVILLE is returning to San Diego following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, during which it became the first submarine to launch a Tomahawk land attack missile in a wartime situation

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM

Base: Naval Submarine Base, San Diego

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Oriez

Release Status: Released to Public
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29/04/1991
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The U.S. National Archives
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