Keywords: US Navy 050929-N-6967M-216 A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) transfers U.S. Sailors to the Indian frigate INS Gomati (F 21).jpg en Goa India Sept 29 2005 - A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Higgins DDG 76 transfers U S Sailors to the Indian frigate INS Gomati F 21 for an exchange of sailors during Exercise Malabar Malabar is a joint Indian American exercise designed to bolster relations between our two countries and enable the two countries to work together against a common threat This year s exercise is the largest to date including two U S Destroyers USS Nimitz and the submarine Santa Fe The Indian Navy contributed a carrier a submarine a frigate and their New Delhi-class Destroyer U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Shane T McCoy RELEASED 2005-09-29 050929-N-6967M-216 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 29096 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Shane T McCoy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Higgins DDG-76 Godavari class frigate Photographs by Shane T McCoy |