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NH 80673 "Riga" Class ocean escort

"Riga" Class ocean escort
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Title: "Riga" Class ocean escort
Caption: A Soviet Baltic fleet "Riga" class ocean escort, photographed at 0602 hours Zulu time, 9 October 1962, in the Sea of Japan in position 41-07 North, 137-32 East, by U.S. Navy aircraft of Patrol Squadron (VP) 50. Note the electronics antenna array that has been added to the ship's superstructure forward.
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Catalog #: NH 80673
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Tue, Oct 09, 1962
After this Year: 1960
Before this Year: 1969
Original Medium: BW Photo
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