A boarding team from the US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS WINSTON S. CHURCHILL (DDG 81), onboard a RHIB (Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat) approaches a suspected pirate vessel [not shown] to conduct a boarding and inspection at sea. After receiving a report of an attempted act of piracy from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in Kuala Lumpur on the morning of January 20th, the guided missile destroyer and other US naval forces in the area located this vessel controlled by suspected pirates and reported its position
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)
Scene Camera Operator: Isc Kenneth Anderson, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
21/01/2006
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The U.S. National Archives
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