Crew Of USS Portland Returns Home To Happy And Relieved Families

NORFOLK, VA - APRIL 11: Petty Officer Trevor Barlow of Huntington Beach, California, hugs his wife Marla when his ship, the USS Portland (LSD-37), returned from the Iraqi theatre to her home port April 11, 2003 at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base in Norfolk, Virginia. The USS Portland returned to port with its crew of 320 sailors after a January deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. After delivering 7,000 Marines to the Iraqi theatre as a part of a seven-ship amphibious task force, the USS Portland returned to the U.S. early due to repair propulsion problems at her home port. (Photo by Mike Heffner/Getty Images)