(Military.com) Gina Harkins - The U.S.-flagged merchant vessel Maersk Kinloss rescued three distressed Iranian mariners on Dec. 18. The men were spotted floating in a large plastic water tank 80 miles off the coast of Oman. Ed Hanley, a vice president of Maersk Line, said: "The Iranians said that in the course of being adrift over 19 days, several other ships had stopped, provided them with food and water, but refused to take them aboard."
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