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Happy National Maritime Day! National Maritime Day dates back to a joint resolution approved by Congress on May 20, 1933 designating May 22 of each year as “National Maritime Day.”...
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ARABIAN SEA (March 6, 2011) Suspected pirates indicate their surrender with a white cloth on the bow of the Japanese-owned commercial oil tanker M/V Guanabara. The guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), with support from the Turkish navy frigate TCG Giresun (F 491), assigned to NATO counter-piracy Task Force 508, responded to the reported pirating of Guanabara and detained four suspected pirates. Guanabara had 24 crew members on board. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anna Wade/Released)
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