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USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680)

USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) on the autumn 1976 Med Run, tied up as close to the pier as it could get in La Spezia, Italy

~ 1976 (Neal Degner)

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USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680)

USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) lazes patiently next to the pier in Diego Garcia, B.I.O.T., basking in the warm salt breeze of an Indian Ocean dusk

~ 1983 (Brad Williamson)

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USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680)

USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) maneuvers to the pier in the harbor at Diego Garcia on its second visit during WestPac 83-84 after a mission in the Indian Ocean

~ 1983 (Brad Williamson)

 

 

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USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680)

USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and anxious crew await the arrival of the Avalon (DSRV 2) for fitting up and sea qualification sporting a custom, if not carefully applied, paint scheme, in the gray and cold of a foggy San Diego morning

~ 1983 (Brad Williamson)

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USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680)

Returning from WestPac 82-83, the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) kites a cluster of sailboats dancing across her wake, inbound to San Diego harbor and SUBASE Point Loma

~ 1983 (Brad Williamson)

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