The US Coast Guard (USCG) ISLAND CLASS: Patrol Craft-Large USS WRANGELL (WPB 1332) leads a Royal Navy, SANDOWN CLASS: Minehunter (second) and a Royal Navy RIVER CLASS: Minesweeper (foreground), as they escort the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RAF), Logistic Landing Ship, RAF SIR GALAHAD (L3005), as it arrives at the Coalition secured port of Umm Qasr, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. RAF SIR GALAHAD (L3005), was the first ship to deliver humanitarian supplies to the port of Umm Qasr, in support of the Operation.

 

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