Boarding team members from the USS Lake Champlain rappel down cargo containers on the deck of the Puerto Cortes.
Boarding team members from the USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) rappel down cargo containers stacked on the deck of the merchant ship Puerto Cortes while it is stopped on a routine inspection in the Persian Gulf on May 15, 2000. The Lake Champlain is conducting Military Interdiction Operations in the Persian Gulf to locate merchant vessels suspected of violating United Nations embargoes. The Ticonderoga class cruiser is deployed to the Gulf from its home port of San Diego, Calif.