The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Astern of the RAN Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Brisbane (foreground), the USS New Orleans (left), an Iwo Jima class Amphibious Assault Ship, is about to be refuelled by the USS Platte, a Cimarron class Fleet Oiler, which is largely hidden by the Brisbane. The three ships are serving with Battle Force Zulu in the Gulf War, HMAS Brisbane as part of Australia's Operation Damask.
Crew members of the Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Brisbane, watch as their ship is refuelled at sea by the USS Platte (no. 186) (left), a Cimarron class Fleet Oiler. Large fuel pipes pass across the w
The USS Platte (right), a Cimarron class Fleet Oiler, refuels the USS New Orleans, an Iwo Jima class Amphibious Assault Ship, as the two vessels stand side-by-side in the waters of the Gulf. Long fuel
Informal outdoors portrait of Able Seaman Electrical Technical Systems (ABETS) Michael Keedle, a crew member of the Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Brisbane, standing on the ship's deck with the USS New
The USS Benjamin Stoddert (no. 22), a Charles F. Adams class Guided Missile Destroyer, sails in Gulf waters while on duty shortly after the end of the Gulf War. Partly visible in the foreground (right
A US Navy Sikorsky CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter which is about to land on the deck of its mother ship the USS New Orleans, an Iwo Jima class Amphibious Assault Ship, hovers above another Super Stal
The Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart in an underway replenishment with the Mattaponi class Fleet Oiler USS Tappahannock during Operation Sea Dragon (Task Unit 77.1.1) in the Tonkin Gulf. An ammun
