Visit, board, search, and seizure team from guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) approaches a suspected pirate vessel following attack on Motor Vessel Nordic Apollo, operating under Combined Task Force 151 for counter-piracy in Gulf of Aden and surrounding waters.

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111219-N-ZZ999-076 GULF OF ADEN (Dec. 19, 2011) A visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) approaches a suspected pirate vessel after the Motor Vessel Nordic Apollo reported being under attack and fired upon by pirates. Pinckney is assigned to Combined Task Force 151, a multinational, mission-based task force working under Combined Maritime Forces to conduct counter-piracy operations in the Southern Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Somali Basin, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo/Released) US Navy 111219-N-ZZ999-076 A visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) approaches a suspected p