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    Maritime Raid Force Recaptures Ship From Pirates

    GULF OF ADEN, AT SEA

    09.09.2010

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    U.S. Navy           

    Marines assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Maritime Raid Force, embarked aboard the U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock ship USS Dubuque, stand on the deck of the motor vessel M/V Magellan Star with crew members the Marines freed from suspected pirates. The Marines conducted a board and seizure operation after Magellan Star was attacked and boarded by pirates Sept. 8. Dubuque is part of CTF 151, the multinational task force established by Combined Maritime Forces to conduct counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden and the Somali Basin.

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    Date Taken: 09.09.2010
    Date Posted: 09.10.2010 00:02
    Photo ID: 316845
    VIRIN: 100909-N-0000X-001
    Resolution: 590x457
    Size: 103.09 KB
    Location: GULF OF ADEN, AT SEA

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