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File:Soviet Riga-class frigate underway.jpg

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English: Soviet Riga-class (Project 50, Gornostay) frigate SKR-74 shadowing salvage operations for downed Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL 007) on 17 September 1983. The commercial jet was shot down by Soviet aircraft over Sakhalin Island in the Sea of Japan on 30 August 1983. All 269 passengers and crewmen were killed.
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6441949.

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Author PH2 Paul Soutar, U.S. Navy

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current17:33, 17 January 2015Thumbnail for version as of 17:33, 17 January 20152,308 × 1,369 (2.04 MB)Cobatforsimilar file to avoid duplication of File:Soviet frigate SKR-61 underway in the 1970s.jpg
16:07, 16 January 2015Thumbnail for version as of 16:07, 16 January 20151,598 × 854 (847 KB)Cobatfor== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=A Soviet ''Riga''-class (Project 50, ''Gornostay'') frigate underway, maybe ''SKR-61''.}} |Source=[http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/department_arch.html U.S. Navy All Hands magazine] [http://www.nav...

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