THE US REGISTERED TANKER MV SURF CITY, DAMAGED IN THE PERSIAN GULF BY AN IRAQI EXOCET AIR TO ...

Place Middle East: Persian Gulf
Accession Number P01403.016
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Parrott, Ian T
Place made Gulf of Oman
Date made 10 September 1990
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
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Description

THE US REGISTERED TANKER MV SURF CITY, DAMAGED IN THE PERSIAN GULF BY AN IRAQI EXOCET AIR TO SURFACE MISSILE FIRED FROM A MIRAGE F1 IN 1988 DURING THE IRAQ/IRAN WAR. THE 'SURF CITY' IS ANCHORED OFF KHAWR FAKKAN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, FOR SALVAGE. (DONOR I. PARROTT)

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