OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, US Coast Guard Photo

NORTH ARABIAN GULF (March 23, 2003)--The Coast Guard Cutter Baranof, homeported in Miami, (left) and the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, homeported in Alameda, Ca., position near the tanker ship Elona, from Dubai, as a boarding team inspects the vessel. The Coast Guard is searching vessels in the Gulf Region for weapons, terrorists and Iraqi military personel in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. USCG photo by PA1 Tom Sperduto