Keywords: Aft-deck of the PLAN frigate Yi Yang (FF 548).jpg en 120917-N-YF306-107 GULF OF ADEN Sept 17 2012 Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S Churchill DDG 81 board the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy frigate Yi Yang FF 548 to meet prior to conducting a bilateral counter-piracy exercise The focus of the exercise was American and Chinese naval cooperation in detecting boarding and searching suspected pirated vessels Winston S Churchill is deployed to the U S 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom 2012-09-17 07 10 47 120917-N-YF306-107 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 134001 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released PD-USGOV; PD-USGOV-MILITARY PD-USGov-Military-Navy Uploaded with UploadWizard PLANS Yiyang FFG-548 Harbin Z-9 |