USS Chosin (CG 65) approaches three men that were spotted clinging to a piece of wood in the Gulf of Aden.
GULF OF ADEN (Nov. 17, 2009) A boat crew from the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) approaches three men that were spotted clinging to a piece of wood in the Gulf of Aden. Chosin is the flagship of Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission-based mandate to actively deter, disrupt, and supress piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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