File:USS Limpkin (AMS-195) 27 April 1962.jpg
_27_April_1962.jpg){kind=small}
Size of this preview: 747 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 299 × 240 pixels | 598 × 480 pixels | 957 × 768 pixels | 1,276 × 1,024 pixels | 1,500 × 1,204 pixels.
Original file (1,500 × 1,204 pixels, file size: 261 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
 | This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
Summary
| Description |
English: 27 April 1962 - The coastal mine sweeper USS Limpkin (MSC-195) is one of 14 mine craft participating in LANTPHIBEX 1-62 at Vieques, Puerto Rico. Lantphibex 1-62 involved a Marine assault using the island of Vieques off the coast of Puerto Rico as a training exercise for a potential invasion of Cuba. President Kennedy was on hand to observe the exercise. Some 40,000 Marines was participating in this training session to disembark off of transports for a full scale landing. Minesweepers were on hand to practice clearing the shores off of Cuba of potential obstacles. |
| Date | |
| Source | http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/110519502.jpg |
| Author | Official photograph of the U.S. Navy |
Licensing
|
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
|
 |
| This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. | ||
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 03:50, 18 March 2017 | | 1,500 × 1,204 (261 KB) | Pennsy22 | User created page with UploadWizard |
File usage
The following page uses this file:
Global file usage
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on www.wikidata.org
_27_April_1962.jpg){kind=link}