Suez Canal Transit

Accession Number RC00687.041
Collection number Gulf War Collection 1/47
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Object type Postcard
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

[Aircraft carrier] USS America (CV 66) transits south through the Suez Canal in Egypt 15th January 1991 enroute to the Red Sea. The aircraft carrier arrived on station the next day and played a key role in support of Operation Desert Storm. (photo by PH3 Brian Mortimor). Published by Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, Va.