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Photo #: USN 711573

Operation "End Sweep", 1973


USS Washtenaw County (MSS-2, formerly LST-1166) cruises in Haiphong Harbor, North Vietnam, in a final demonstration that the channel is safe for shipping at the completion of minesweeping operations.
The photograph is dated 20 June 1973.
Note the single-mast junk under sail at right.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 535 pixels

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Image posted 3 April 2006