KRI Sultan Nuku (873)

An RAAF AP-3C Orion flies past Indonesian Navy ship KRI Sultan Nuku while departing Darwin for the Australia–Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (AUSINDO CORPAT) 2011. (Photo: RAN)

LNS Aukstaitis (F 12)

The Lithuanian frigate LNS Aukstaitis (F 12) steams through the Baltic Sea during the annual maritime exercise Baltic Operations 2003 (BALTOPS). The United States and 12 other nations are participating in this year's exercise. BALTOPS 2003 is intended to improve interoperability between allies and Partnership for Peace countries by conducting support operations at sea including exercises in gunnery, replenishment at sea, undersea warfare, radar tracking, mine countermeasures, seamanship, search and rescue, maritime interdiction operations, and scenarios dealing with potentially real world crises. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg)

HMCS Whitehorse (MM 705)

HMCS Whitehorse (MM 705) is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1998. Whitehorse is the sixth ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the first vessel to use the designation HMCS Whitehorse. Whitehorse was laid down on 26 July 1996 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and was launched on 24 February 1997. She was officially commissioned into the CF on 17 April 1998 and carries the pennant number 705. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt. (Photo: Canadian Navy)

HMCS Whitehorse (MM 705)

HMCS Whitehorse (MM 705) is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1998. Whitehorse is the sixth ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the first vessel to use the designation HMCS Whitehorse. Whitehorse was laid down on 26 July 1996 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and was launched on 24 February 1997. She was officially commissioned into the CF on 17 April 1998 and carries the pennant number 705. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt. (Photo: Canadian Navy)