Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Thomas Eckert throws a line out from the fantail of USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58) to his shipmates in a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB).  The RHIB pulled the line out to a disabled Iranian fishing boat (not shown) that needs to be towed to shore.  ROBERTS is patrolling the Arabian Sea in support of the Southwest Asia (SWA) build-up, 03/04/1998.  U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives:  Online Public Access
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