US Navy (USN) Sailors use a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) from the USN ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS: Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis) USS VICKSBURG (CG 69) (not shown), to return six Iranian mariners to the deck of a Iranian civil authorities patrol craft, in the Persian Gulf. The mariners were rescued the previous day when their Iranian-flagged dhow sent a distress call, stating it was disabled and taking on water
Summary
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Country: Persian Gulf
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
15/08/2004
Source
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