USS Elrod Rescues Stranded Mariners Of Sunken Ship [Image 1 of 2]

USS ELROD, AT SEA

07.05.2010

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet           

Command Senior Chief Charles Gum, boatswain's mate, left, supervises as Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Bomil, boatswain's mate, assists in recovering four Pakistani mariners from a rigid-hall inflatable boat aboard the U.S. Navy frigate USS Elrod July 5. Elrod rescued 16 Pakistani mariners who were floating in a life raft after their fishing skiff sunk off the coast of the Horn of Africa. A Navy P-3C Orion aircraft spotted the life raft near debris while conducting a routine counter-piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden. (Official U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Charles Canale, cryptologic technician - technical /Released)

• Date Taken: 07.05.2010
• Date Posted: 07.06.2010 02:04
• Photo ID: 296413
• VIRIN: 100705-N-4091C-010
• Resolution: 2100x1500
• Size: 1.09 MB
• Location: USS ELROD, AT SEA