Caption:
The guided missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) leads a formation of ships
in the Baltic Sea after departing the Polish port of Gdynia on June 5,
2001, during Exercise Baltic Operations 2001. Baltic Operations
2001 is intended to improve interoperability with Baltic Sea Nations
and Partnership for Peace countries by conducting a peace support
operation at sea. This includes exercises in gunnery,
replenishment-at-sea, undersea warfare, radar tracking, mine
countermeasures, seamanship, search and rescue, and maritime
interdiction operations. The United States and 13 other nations
are participating in this year's exercise. DoD photo by Petty
Officer 2nd Class Shane McCoy, U.S. Navy. (RELEASED)
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