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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, left, embarked aboard the U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock ship USS Dubuque (LPD 8), secure the motor vessel M/V Magellan Star during a board and seizure operation. The Marines freed several crew members after Magellan Star was attacked and boarded by the 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 00:03
    Photo ID: 316848
    VIRIN: 100909-N-0000X-002
    Resolution: 590x394
    Size: 82.02 KB
    Location: GULF OF ADEN, AT SEA

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