Image: Battle Group Alpha (Midway, Iowa) underway, 1987

Description: The U.S. Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) and the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) surrounded by other ships of Battle Group Alpha while underway in formation in the Indian Ocean, 1 December 1987. The following ships are identifiable: the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61); a Belknap-class guided missile cruiser, probably USS Sterrett (CG-31); the guided missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG-47); probably USS Fox (CG-33); the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41); the fleet oiler USS Cimarron (AO-177); the destroyer USS Deyo (DD-989); the Military Sealift Command fleet oiler USNS Mispillion (T-AO-105); the Knox-class figates USS Knox (FF-1052) and USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067); the combat stores ship USS White Plains (AFS-4); USS Oldendorf (DD-972); the ammunition ship USNS Kilaulea (T-AE-26); the guided missile destroyer USS Towers (DDG-9).
Title: Battle Group Alpha (Midway, Iowa) underway, 1987
Credit: This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6475790.
Author: PH2 Raszler
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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