The large harbor tug NATCHITOCHES (YTB-799) heads across the harbor with reporters and cameramen aboard. The media personnel are covering the return of the guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39) and the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) to Naval Station, Charleston, The two ships left Charleston on September 21, 1990, for the Persian Gulf, where they served in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Natchitoches (YTB-799)

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