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980304-N-2568S-021: USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58), 1998

980304-N-2568S-021:  USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58), 1998.   Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Thomas Eckert (l) and Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate (SW) James Broadwater (r) watch from the fantail of USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) as their shipmates rig up a towing line to a disabled Iranian fishing boat.  ROBERTS was patrolling the Arabian Gulf in support of the SWA build-up when she received orders to assist this ship in distress, March 4, 1998.    U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.
Caption: USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58), 1998. Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Thomas Eckert (l) and Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate (SW) James Broadwater (r) watch from the fantail of USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) as their shipmates rig up a towing line to a disabled Iranian fishing boat. Roberts was patrolling the Arabian Gulf in support of the SWA build-up when she received orders to assist this ship in distress, March 4, 1998. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.
Accession #: 980304-N-2568S-021
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