A Royal Thai Navy bugler on board the frigate His Thai Majestys Ship (HTMS) PHUTTHAYOTFA CHULALOK (F 462) sounds a call marking evening colors onboard his ship. The colors detail stationed on board the US Navy (USN) Whidbey Island Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS FORT McHENRY (LSD 43) (right) prepares to lower the ENSIGN. The two ships are participating in Exercise COOPERATION AFLOAT READINESS AND TRAINING (CARAT) 2005. CARAT 2005 is the second part of an annual series of bilateral military training exercises with several Southeast Asian nations designed to enhance the interoperability of the respective sea services. The PHUTTHAYOTFA CHULALOK was formerly the USN Knox Class Frigate USS...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: A Royal Thai Navy bugler on board the frigate His Thai Majestys Ship (HTMS) PHUTTHAYOTFA CHULALOK (F 462) sounds a call marking evening colors onboard his ship. The colors detail stationed on board the US Navy (USN) Whidbey Island Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS FORT McHENRY (LSD 43) (right) prepares to lower the ENSIGN. The two ships are participating in Exercise COOPERATION AFLOAT READINESS AND TRAINING (CARAT) 2005. CARAT 2005 is the second part of an annual series of bilateral military training exercises with several Southeast Asian nations designed to enhance the interoperability of the respective sea services. The PHUTTHAYOTFA CHULALOK was formerly the USN Knox Class Frigate USS OUELLET (FF 1077), decommissioned in 1993 and sold to Thailand in 1996. David Ouellet was killed on board a PBR (Patrol Boat River) in the Mekong delta of South Vietnam in early 1967.

Base: Phutthayotfa Chulalok (F 462)

State: Central

Country: Thailand (THA)

Scene Camera Operator: JOC Melinda Larson, Usn

Release Status: Released to Public
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