Impervious Leads Tripoli
![A minesweeper, with crew along the bow leads the way for another ship out of a mine field with a helicopter flying in the background A minesweeper, with crew along the bow leads the way for another ship out of a mine field with a helicopter flying in the background](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/the-gulf-war-1990-1991--operation-desert-shield--desert-storm-/impervious-leads-tripoli/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1506522996328.jpg)
USS Impervious (MSO 779) leads damaged USS Tripoli (LPH-10) out of a minefield in the northern Gulf. A lookout is posted on the bow of the ship. Some mines were close to the surface and could only be detected visually by the minesweeper crew.
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