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U.S. Navy members of a visit, board, search and seizure team, and a U.S. Coast Guard maritime safety and security team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin approach a dhow, a type of sailing vessel, during a maritime security operation in the Gulf of Aden, Jan. 1, 2010. The Chosin is the flagship for Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counterpiracy operations off the coast of Somalia.

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U.S. Navy members of a visit, board, search and seizure team, and a U.S. Coast Guard maritime safety and security team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin approach a dhow, a type of sailing vessel, during a maritime security operation in the Gulf of Aden, Jan. 1, 2010. The Chosin is the flagship for Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counterpiracy operations off the coast of Somalia.

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