USS Seattle (AOE-3) - 1990s

1990s

The Seattle was deployed from its new Homeport recently changed from Norfolk to Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey to take a crucial and important part, while no substantial bases and ports existed yet in the Persian Gulf, in the earlier and later actions in the build up to the Operation Desert Storm during the conflict of the First Persian Gulf War from the first weeks of August to the end of April next year, after the successful retaking of Kuwait and surrender of Iraq. Most of the main ammunition and other supplies for the Kennedy and Saratoga Carriers task Force to provide Air cover on the assault to liberate Kuwait and pressure on Iraq itself done by these two American carrier battle groups and supply of Allies countries vessels was done from this AOE ship. Returning back to New Jersey and later a period of extensive repairs at the Naval Shipyards near Philadelphia