Keywords: US Navy 110319-N-4743B-062 A landing craft utility from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) is underway off the coast of.jpg en SEA OF JAPAN March 19 2011 A landing craft utility from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex LHD 2 is underway off the coast of Japan near Akita to survey possible landing sites Essex the amphibious dock landing ships USS Harpers Ferry LSD 49 and USS Germantown LSD 42 with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 31st MEU are off the coast of Akita Prefecture Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam M Bennett/Released 2011-03-19 110319-N-4743B-062 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 98656 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam M Bennett PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 Operation Tomodachi in March 2011 LCU 1634 ship 1968 |