Keywords: US Navy 050809-F-4883S-390 U.S. Navy Seaman Durrant Spenser watches the Chilean frigate Almirante Williams (FF 19) come along side his ship, the guided missile cruiser USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51), during a light line transfer.jpg en Caribbean Sea Aug 9 2005 - U S Navy Seaman Durrant Spenser watches the Chilean frigate Almirante Williams FF 19 come along side his ship the guided missile cruiser USS Thomas S Gates CG 51 during a light line transfer on the first day of PANAMAX 2005 PANAMAX is a training exercise in defense of the Panama Canal involving 15 countries The Panama Canal is critical to the free flow of trade and goods in the Western Hemisphere and the entire world The region's economy and stability largely depend on the safe transport of several hundred million tons of cargo that transit through the canal every year U S Air Force photo by Tech Sgt Rick Sforza RELEASED 2005-08-09 050809-F-4883S-390 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 27084 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Almirante Williams FF-19 PANAMAX 2005 USS Thomas S Gates CG-51 |