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A dhow with three masts, A dhow (Arabic,داو) is a traditional Arab sailing vessel with one or more lateen sails.
photo: US DoD photo
A 40-foot dhow moves underway in the Arabian Gulf. KDoD2u
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Over 50 bags of hashish litter the deck of the dhow intercepted in the Arabian Gulf. KDoD2u
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The dhow intercepted by the USS Decatur moves under its own power in the Arabian Gulf. KDoD2u
photo: US Navy / Ensign David Taylor
A rigid-hull inflatable boat assigned to SS Halyburton (FFG 40) transports a visit, board, search and seizure team to render assistance to a Yemeni fishing dhow.
photo: US Navy / Ensign David Taylor
A visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile frigate USS Halyburton (FFG 40) renders assistance to a Yemeni fishing dhow.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Oscar Espinoza (RELEASED)
Boarding team members from guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) transit back to the ship after rendering assistance to a United Arab Emirates-flagged fishing dhow.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Oscar Espinoza (RELEASED)
Boarding team members from the guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) render assistance to a United Arab Emirates-flagged fishing dhow as part of an interaction patrol.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Oscar Espinoza (RELEASED)
Boarding team members from the guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) render assistance to a United Arab Emirates-flagged fishing dhow as part of an interaction patrol.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Oscar Espinoza (RELEASED)
Boarding team members from the guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) render assistance to a United Arab Emirates-flagged fishing dhow as part of an interaction patrol.
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Dhow ferrying passengers near Inhambane, Mozambique. Dhow also refers to a family of early Arab ships that used the lateen sail, the latter of which the Portuguese likely based their designs for the caravel (known to Arabs as sambuk, booms,
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Construction and repair of dhows, near Mtoni, Zanzibar The term "dhow" is also applied to traditionally-constructed vessels used for trade in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf area and the Indian Ocean from Madagascar to the Gulf of Bengal.
photo: US Navy / Lt. Denise Garcia (RELEASED)
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Sal Vallebo and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class David Robledo hydrate a crewman from Qatari-flagged fishing dhow Al Junbi.
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A dhow (Arabic,داو) is a traditional Arab sailing vessel with one or more lateen sails. They are primarily used along the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, India, and East Africa. Larger dhows have crews of approximately thirty, while smaller dhows typically have crews of around twelve.
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File - U.S. Sailors with a visit, board, search and seizure team from guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) inspect Indian-flagged cargo dhow Faize Osamani April 5, 2010, in the Gulf of Oman.
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Bags filled with hashish are piled on the deck. KDoD2u
photo: US Navy / Lt. Denise Garcia (RELEASED)
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class David Robledo checks vital signs of an ill crewman from Qatari-flagged fishing dhow Al Junbi as a translator helps the medics communicate with the fisherman.
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A present-day dhow in the Indian Ocean. Even to the present day, dhows make commercial journeys between the Persian Gulf and East Africa using sails as their only means of propulsion. Their cargo is mostly dates and fish to East Africa and mangrove timber to the lands in the Persian Gulf.
photo: Public Domain / Oxam Hartog
Dhow Gulf of Aden
photo: US Navy / Photographers Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg.
A U.S. Navy boarding team operation from the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) discovered an estimated two tons of narcotics with a street value of around eight to ten million dollars aboard a 40-foot dhow.
photo: US Navy / Photographers Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg.
A U.S. Navy boarding team operation from the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) discovered an estimated two tons of narcotics with a street value of around eight to ten million dollars aboard a 40-foot dhow.
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate 1st Class Bart Bauer.
ITS Scirocco (F 573) uses a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) and a utility boat to board local area fishing dhows during compliant searches of a fishing dhow.
photo: US Coastguard
An Iranian Dhow fishing boat off the coast of Iraq April 10, 2003. (133394) ( 153.jpg )
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Boarding team members assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) prepare to board an Iranian dhow.
photo: US Navy / Photographers Mate Airman Jeffrey Klemm.
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel destroy a captured dhow after a successful interception mission by ships from Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1).
photo: GFDL / Chris Huh
Facing South down the Eastern coast of Zanzibar, North of Bwejuu at low tide with a locals Dhow in foreground.
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Dubai Creek port - A great deal of cargo is shipped in and out via these old wooden Dhows every day
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate 1st Class Bart Bauer.
A Vessel Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) team deployed form the amphibious dock landings ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), departs a dhow.
photo: US Navy / Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Justin Cantley
Sailors assigned to the Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz's (CVN 68) rescue and assistance team, approach a dhow that was taking on water and later sank in the Persian Gulf.
photo: US Navy / Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky
U.S. sailors assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf use a rigid-hulled inflatable boat to approach a dhow needing assistance in the Gulf of Oman, Feb. 7, 2009.