File:Mine explosion Operation End Sweep 9 March 1973.jpg
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English: An American naval mine explodes in North Vietnams Haiphong Harbor during Operation End Sweep, photographed by the automatic mine locator camera aboard an American CH-53A Sea Stallion helicopter. It is believed to be the only explosion of a mine during End Sweep. The Mark 105 hydrofoil minesweeping sled the helicopter is towing is at right. |
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| Source | Scanned from Melia, Tamara Moser, "Damn the Torpedoes": A Short History of U.S. Navy Mine Countermeasures, 1777-1991, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1991, ISBN 0-945274-07-6, p. 108. U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Ogden (LPD-5) 1973 cruise book available at Navysite.de |
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- 2012-08-02 00:21 Mdnavman 954×1027× (424053 bytes) {{Information |Description = An American [[naval mine]] explodes in [[North Vietnam]]{{'}}s [[Haiphong]] Harbor during [[Operation End Sweep]], photographed by the automatic mine locator camera aboard an American CH-53A Sea Stallion helicopter. The...
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