A sailor from the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724) is reunited with his child following the vessel's arrival in port. The LOUISVILLE has returned to San Diego following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, during which it became the first submarine to launch a Tomahawk land attack missile in a wartime situation. The submarine tender USS DIXON (AS-37) is moored to a pier in the background

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A sailor from the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724) is reunited with his child following the vessel's arrival in port. The LOUISVILLE has returned to San Diego following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, during which it became the first submarine to launch a Tomahawk land attack missile in a wartime situation. The submarine tender USS DIXON (AS-37) is moored to a pier in the background

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMDESERT SHIELD

Base: Naval Submarine Base, San Diego

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Josn Mark Burton

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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29/04/1991
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The U.S. National Archives
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