As the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force coastal minehunter-sweeper SAKUSHIMA (MSC-671) arrives in the background, crewmen aboard the minesweeper support ship HAYASE (MST-462) prepare to put one of the ship's boats in the water. Three Japanese minesweepers and two support ships are stopping in the Philippines while en route to Kuwait to assist in the multinational effort to clear Iraqi mines from the Persian Gulf following Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

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