Keywords: US Navy 100525-N-0000X-003 Boaters agree to a consensual boarding of their ridged-hull inflatable boat by a visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile frigate USS Elrod (FFG 55).jpg en MEDITERRANEAN SEA May 25 2010 Boaters agree to a consensual boarding of their ridged-hull inflatable boat by a visit board search and seizure team from the guided-missile frigate USS Elrod FFG 55 to verify the vessel's registration and country of origin The three boaters were suspected of smuggling drugs when Elrod encountered them in international waters off the coast of Morocco in the western Mediterranean Sea while conducting routine operations in the U S 6th Fleet area of responsibility U S Navy photo/Released 2010-05-25 100525-N-0000X-003 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 86046 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Elrod FFG-55 |