23 Feb 1950
United States
United States
- USS Sea Robin departed New London, Connecticut, United States for Exercise Portex. ww2dbase [Sea Robin | New London, Connecticut | CPC]
![US Navy Captains Charles Weakley and Arleigh Burke, US Air Force General J. T. McNarney aboard destroyer Sarsfield during anti-submarine demonstration off Key West, Florida, United States, 23 Feb 1950](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_burke81.jpg)
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