Sailors assigned to Deck Department aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17)

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GULF OF ADEN (, 2009) Sailors assigned to Deck Department aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) watch as the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) pulls alongside for an underway replenishment. San Antonio is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force conducting counter-piracy operations to detect and deter piracy in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.

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