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Explosion damage and likely limpet mine on a ship's hull

Hull View

Damage from an explosion, left, and a likely limpet mine, can be seen on the hull of the civilian vessel M/T Kokuka Courageous in the Gulf of Oman, June 13, 2019, as the guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge, not pictured, approaches. Sailors aboard Bainbridge aided the crew of Kokuka Courageous.

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