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An HTC-8670 Link-Belt crane loads a "quad-pack" canister for the MK-41 vertical launch system (VLS), aboard the US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke class Guided Missile Destroyer USS McCAMPBELL (DDG 85). In the canister is an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM). ESSM is an international cooperative upgrade of the RIM 7 NATO Sea Sparrow Missile, providing increased battle space against high-speed, highly maneuverable anti-ship missiles. McCAMPBELL is the first ship to deploy with the ESSM

An HTC-8670 Link-Belt crane loads a "quad-pack" canister for the MK-41...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LTJG Joel Jackson, USN Rel... More