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9 Ships from 6 navies of the multinational Combined Task Force 150 assembled in March 2004.
From the left: German Navy’s Bremen-class frigate DM Augsburg (F-213), JMSDF Murasame-class destroyer Samidare (DD-106), RNZN’s Anzac-class frigate Te Mana (F-111), JMSDF Kongō-class guided missile destroyer Myōkō (DDG-175), French Navy’s Maestrale-class frigate MMI Scirocco (F-573), Spanish Navy’s Santa Maria-class frigate Victoria (F82), US Navy’s Tico-class Aegis cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55), JMSDF fleet oiler Towada (AOE-422), and the Spruance-class destroyer USS Cushing (DD-985, which was decommissioned just 18 months after this image was taken).
The multinational Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150) was established to monitor, inspect, board, and stop suspect shipping to pursue the war on terrorism and includes operations currently taking place in the North Arabia Sea to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. Countries contributing to CTF-150 currently include Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Pakistan, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Bart Bauer. (RELEASED)
