USS Anzio (CG 68) visit, board, search and seizure team boarded the fishing vessel after being invited on board by the vessel

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GULF OF ADEN (Oct. 27, 2009) Lt. Jerod Hitzel, assigned to Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) 91104, interviews the master of a fishing vessel. Hitzel and members of the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) visit, board, search and seizure team boarded the fishing vessel after being invited on board by the vessel's master. Anzio is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia.

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