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Persian Gulf 10-87 to 7-88 by Jeff Leaverton

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Persian Gulf 10-87 to 7-88 by Jeff Leaverton

Eric Schilling in 55B Radar Room
USNS Waccamaw 06/15/1988
USNS Waccamaw 06/15/1988

July 9, 1988 the Day we Returned to Charleston SC
55B Radar System #1 With Operation Praying Mantis Hits Painted on it
Suez Canal, Pilot Boat Port Said Egypt 06/14/1988

5Inch 54 Caliber Gun with Operation Praying Mantis Hits Painted on it.
Suez Canal, Port Said Egypt 06/14/1988
5 Inch 54 Caliber Gun in Primer Paint

Suez Canal, 06/14/1988
Billboard in Palma Mallorca Spain
Suez Canal, 06/14/1988

Azores
Suez Canal, 06/14/1988
Mt Vesuvius, Naples Italy

Boat Selling Fruit Port Said 06/13/1988
UNREP with USNS Waccamaw 06/15/1988
Djibouti, Africa 06/09/1988

Congresswoman from Maryland in Admiral’s Barge. She was visiting from the Armed Service’s Commitee 05/22/1988
Admiral Crowe-Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Arriving by Helicopter 05/05/1988
Admiral Crowe-Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Arriving by Helicopter 05/05/1988

Admiral Crowe-Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Arriving by Helicopter 05/05/1988
Full Moon Through “Big Eyes” 05/01/1988
Preparing to Enter Persian Gulf, Turning Over with USS Halsey CG-23 and USS John Hancock DD-981 06/03/1988

Preparing to Enter Persian Gulf, Turning Over with USS Halsey CG-23 and USS John Hancock DD-981 06/03/1988
Preparing to Enter Persian Gulf, Turning Over with USS Halsey CG-23 and USS John Hancock DD-981 06/03/1988

25MM Chain Gun
25MM Chain Gun
Livestock, Usually Sheep Ship 03/18/1988

Dust from Sand Storms on 48C Radar
Jeff Leaverton on Wainwright Flight Deck With M-16 and Marines 03/17/1988
USS Trenton 04/26/1988

Jeff Leaverton on Russian Made Anti-Aircraft Gun Taken from Sirri Oil Platform 04/26/1988
Jeff Leaverton by 3 Inch Gun USS Trenton
Jeff Leaverton in Cobra Helicopter

Pics of Misc. Ships, USS Inflict MSO-456, USS O’Brian DD-975, USS Montgomery FFG-14, French Minesweeper M856, British Ship HMS Beaver F-93, USS Vincennes CG-49, USS Strauss DDG-16, 2 Bahrain Patrol Boats
Pics of Misc. Ships, USS Inflict MSO-456, USS O’Brian DD-975, USS Montgomery FFG-14, French Minesweeper M856, British Ship HMS Beaver F-93, USS Vincennes CG-49, USS Strauss DDG-16, 2 Bahrain Patrol Boats
Pics of Misc. Ships, USS Inflict MSO-456, USS O’Brian DD-975, USS Montgomery FFG-14, French Minesweeper M856, British Ship HMS Beaver F-93, USS Vincennes CG-49, USS Strauss DDG-16, 2 Bahrain Patrol Boats

Pics of Misc. Ships, USS Inflict MSO-456, USS O’Brian DD-975, USS Montgomery FFG-14, French Minesweeper M856, British Ship HMS Beaver F-93, USS Vincennes CG-49, USS Strauss DDG-16, 2 Bahrain Patrol Boats
Pics of Misc. Ships, USS Inflict MSO-456, USS O’Brian DD-975, USS Montgomery FFG-14, French Minesweeper M856, British Ship HMS Beaver F-93, USS Vincennes CG-49, USS Strauss DDG-16, 2 Bahrain Patrol Boats
Minesweepers USS Conquest MSO-488 and USS Enhance MSO-437 05/22/1988

Cobra Helicopter on Deck USS Wainwright CG-28
Cobra Helicopter on Deck USS Wainwright CG-28
Cobra Helicopter Leaving USS Wainwright CG-28

Sitrah Anchorage, Bahrain 02/28/1988
Sitrah Anchorage, Bahrain 02/28/1988
Sitrah Anchorage, Bahrain 02/28/1988

Picture of Suez Canal Transit 02/02/1988
Picture of Suez Canal Transit 02/02/1988
Picture of Suez Canal Transit 02/02/1988

Picture of Suez Canal Transit 02/02/1988
Jim Shea, Rich Molck, Dan Ricklefs, and John Dow Waiting to go Ashore Sitrah Anchorage, Bahrain 04/07/1988
Sea Tug Towing USS Samuel B. Roberts After it Hit Iranian Mine 04/16/1988

Pics of Misc. Ships, USS Inflict MSO-456, USS O’Brian DD-975, USS Montgomery FFG-14, French Minesweeper M856, British Ship HMS Beaver F-93, USS Vincennes CG-49, USS Strauss DDG-16, 2 Bahrain Patrol Boats
Pics of Misc. Ships, USS Inflict MSO-456, USS O’Brian DD-975, USS Montgomery FFG-14, French Minesweeper M856, British Ship HMS Beaver F-93, USS Vincennes CG-49, USS Strauss DDG-16, 2 Bahrain Patrol Boats
Pics of Misc. Ships, USS Inflict MSO-456, USS O’Brian DD-975, USS Montgomery FFG-14, French Minesweeper M856, British Ship HMS Beaver F-93, USS Vincennes CG-49, USS Strauss DDG-16, 2 Bahrain Patrol Boats

Pics of Misc. Ships, USS Inflict MSO-456, USS O’Brian DD-975, USS Montgomery FFG-14, French Minesweeper M856, British Ship HMS Beaver F-93, USS Vincennes CG-49, USS Strauss DDG-16, 2 Bahrain Patrol Boats
Sea Tug Towing USS Samuel B. Roberts After it Hit Iranian Mine 04/16/1988
USS Wainwright CG-28 at Sitrah Anchorage, Bahrain as Viewed From Liberty Launch 04/07/1988

Picture of Suez Canal Transit 02/02/1988
Picture of Suez Canal Transit 02/02/1988
USS Wainwright CG-28 at Sitrah Anchorage, Bahrain as Viewed From Liberty Launch 04/07/1988

USS San Jose FS-7 Helicopter taking supplies to USS Samuel B. Roberts After Mine Hit
Jellyfish in Water Sitrah Anchorage Bahrain 04/07/1988
Sand Dust in Persian Gulf 03/09/1988

Pics of Misc. Ships, USS Inflict MSO-456, USS O’Brian DD-975, USS Montgomery FFG-14, French Minesweeper M856, British Ship HMS Beaver F-93, USS Vincennes CG-49, USS Strauss DDG-16, 2 Bahrain Patrol Boats
USS Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082)
French Naval Vessels Bahrain 02/07/1988

Picture of Suez Canal Transit 02/02/1988
Picture of Suez Canal Transit 02/02/1988
Burning Oil Rig Persian Gulf 02/29/1988

Sea Tug Towing USS Samuel B. Roberts After it Hit Iranian Mine 04/16/1988
Pics of Misc. Ships, USS Inflict MSO-456, USS O’Brian DD-975, USS Montgomery FFG-14, French Minesweeper M856, British Ship HMS Beaver F-93, USS Vincennes CG-49, USS Strauss DDG-16, 2 Bahrain Patrol Boats
Jeff Leaverton in Cobra Helicopter

USS Trenton 04/26/1988
Pics of Misc. Ships, USS Inflict MSO-456, USS O’Brian DD-975, USS Montgomery FFG-14, French Minesweeper M856, British Ship HMS Beaver F-93, USS Vincennes CG-49, USS Strauss DDG-16, 2 Bahrain Patrol Boats
Sea Tug Towing USS Samuel B. Roberts After it Hit Iranian Mine 04/16/1988

Operating Oil Rig 02/29/1988
Helicopter Bringing 25MM Chain Gun From USS Richamon K. Tunner to USS Wainwright to be Installed 02/13/1988
Picture of Suez Canal Transit 02/02/1988

Rock of Gibraltar 02/23/1988
USS Wainwright Pier Side at Weapons Station Charleston, SC
USS MacDonough DDG-39 Pier Side Charleston, SC

Rock of Gibraltar 02/23/1988
Towing Exercise, USS Wainwright Towing USS Samuel B. Roberts FFG-58 01/19/1988 in Atlantic on the way to the Persian Gulf. (Kind of Prophetic).
Picture of Rough Seas in S.E. Mediterranean. We were Supposed to Refuel, but it was too Rough. Entered Suez Canal the Next Day 02/01/1988

Picture of Suez Canal Transit 02/02/1988
Picture of Rough Seas in S.E. Mediterranean. We were Supposed to Refuel, but it was too Rough. Entered Suez Canal the Next Day 02/01/1988
Towing Exercise, USS Wainwright Towing USS Samuel B. Roberts FFG-58 01/19/1988 in Atlantic on the way to the Persian Gulf. (Kind of Prophetic).

Picture of Rough Seas in S.E. Mediterranean. We were Supposed to Refuel, but it was too Rough. Entered Suez Canal the Next Day 02/01/1988
Towing Exercise, USS Wainwright Towing USS Samuel B. Roberts FFG-58 01/19/1988 in Atlantic on the way to the Persian Gulf. (Kind of Prophetic).
Jeff Leaverton Palma, Mallorca 02/27/1988

Towing Exercise, USS Wainwright Towing USS Samuel B. Roberts FFG-58 01/19/1988 in Atlantic on the way to the Persian Gulf. (Kind of Prophetic).
Rich Scitzs Palma, Mallorca 02/27/1988
Towing Exercise, USS Wainwright Towing USS Samuel B. Roberts FFG-58 01/19/1988 in Atlantic on the way to the Persian Gulf. (Kind of Prophetic).

Russian Ship Crosses our Path Straights of Gibraltar 01/23/1988
Towing Exercise, USS Wainwright Towing USS Samuel B. Roberts FFG-58 01/19/1988 in Atlantic on the way to the Persian Gulf. (Kind of Prophetic).
Rock of Gibraltar 02/23/1988

USS Wainwright Pier Side Charleston, SC

By Richard Molck|2020-12-01T10:15:16-05:00January 5th, 2018|Photos|0 Comments

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