SH-60F_Seahawk_USS_Grayling_SSN-646_1996.jpg


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Description A U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-60F Seahawk of helicopter anti-submarine squadron HS-5 Nightdippers hovers in front of the Sturgeon -class attack submarine USS Grayling (SSN-646) while operating in the western Mediterranean Sea on 19 June 1996. The Seahawk was assigned to Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) operating from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73), while conducting a passing exercise with units from the French aircraft carrier Clemenceau (R98).
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 960619-N-7340V-002 [1]
Author U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jim Vidrine
Other versions part of the background was cropped

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19 June 1996