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The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 31, 2003) -- Landing Craft Air Cushion Seventeen (LCAC 17) approaches the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Saipan (LHA 2). Saipan is deployed conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.  U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Courtney Torgrude. (RELEASED)

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Caption Writer
NVNS staff
Copyright Status
Public domain / free use
Service Branch
US Navy
Primary Equipment
LCAC
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