Battle_Group_Alpha_(Midway,_Iowa)_underway,_1987.jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) and the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) surrounded by other ships of Battle Group Alpha while underway in formation in the Indian Ocean, 1 December 1987. The following ships are identifiable:
  • the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61);
  • a Belknap -class guided missile cruiser, USS Horne (CG-30)’’
  • the guided missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG-47);
  • probably USS Fox (CG-33);
  • the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41);
  • the fleet oiler USS Cimarron (AO-177);
  • the destroyer USS Deyo (DD-989);
  • the Military Sealift Command fleet oiler USNS Mispillion (T-AO-105);
  • the Knox -class figates USS Knox (FF-1052) and USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067);
  • the combat stores ship USS White Plains (AFS-4);
  • USS Oldendorf (DD-972);
  • the ammunition ship USNS Kilaulea (T-AE-26);
  • the guided missile destroyer USS Towers (DDG-9).
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration , cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6475790 .

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