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Visit, board, search and seizure team members from the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf close in on rigid-hulled inflatable boats to apprehend suspected pirates. Nine suspected pirates were apprehended and brought aboard Vella Gulf. This is the second group of suspected pirates apprehended in a 24-hour period by Vella Gulf; there are currently 16 suspected pirates apprehended. Vella Gulf is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multi-national task force conducting counterpiracy operations to detect and deter piracy in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean and Red Sea.
| Date Taken: | 02.12.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 02.15.2009 16:01 |
| Photo ID: | 151405 |
| VIRIN: | 090212-N-1082Z-066 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1500 |
| Size: | 1.93 MB |
| Location: | GULF OF ADEN, USCENTCOM, AT SEA |
| Web Views: | 105 |
| Downloads: | 26 |
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