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HMCS Protecteur, Protecteur-class operational support ship, Canadian Forces, with the American battleship USS Wisconsin, 1990

Caption: HMCS Protecteur, Protecteur-class operational support ship, Canadian Forces, with the American battleship USS Wisconsin, 1990

HMCS Protecteur is the Canadian Forces' only supply ship stationed on the Pacific Coast. In the photograph, she is resupplying the battleship USS Wisconsin in the Persian Gulf. Canadian ships and aircraft participated in the 1990 Gulf War against Iraq. (DND, 90-4030)