The large harbor tugs ANOKA (YTB-810), PIQUA (YTB-793), OKMULGEE (UTB-765) and DAHLONEGA (YTB-770) assist the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER into the channel as the ship departs for Haiti as part of the joint Operation Support Democracy and is transporting 1,800 Army troops of the elite 10th Mountain Division, along with their military hardware to the Caribbean. Numerous Army AH-1T Cobra gunships and HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters are parked on the flight deck. USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) leaves Norfolk for Operation Uphold Democracy in 1994

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