330-CFD-DN-ST-91-06050: Lieutenant Commander Darlene M. Iskra, 1990
![330-CFD-DN-ST-91-06050: Lieutenant Commander Darlene M. Iskra, 1990. Iskra smiles for the camera shortly after her appointment as commanding officer of the salvage ship USS Opportune (ARS-41). Iskra's appointment represents the first time that a woman has been assigned to command a U.S. Navy ship. JO1 Mike O'Shaughnessy, USN. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. 330-CFD-DN-ST-91-06050: Lieutenant Commander Darlene M. Iskra, 1990. Iskra smiles for the camera shortly after her appointment as commanding officer of the salvage ship USS Opportune (ARS-41). Iskra's appointment represents the first time that a woman has been assigned to command a U.S. Navy ship. JO1 Mike O'Shaughnessy, USN. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/diversity/women-in-the-navy/1980s-1990s/330-cfd-dn-st-91-06050/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1598887195643.jpg)
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Wars & Conflicts
- Cold War
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