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SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 26, 2018) Two Filipino fishermen signal they are in distress to Sailors from USS Mustin (DDG 89) after their fishing boat was disabled in the South China Sea. Mustin used their Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) to tow the adrift fishing vessel to rejoin their fellow fishermen. Mustin is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.