Mexican Navy Ship Usumacinta Underway Near Hawaiian Islands - RIMPAC 2012

ARM USUMACINTA (July 15, 2012) The Mexican ship ARM Usumacinta (A-412) travels around the Hawaiian Islands during RIMPAC 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise from June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971.

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Served in US Navy on an LST in the 80's. This brought back a lot of memories. Thumbs up.

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This looks like Fast Freddy, the LST 1184 I deployed with to Somalia in 1994. WestPac USMC