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U.S. sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga tend to a Marine Corps CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter during flight operations in the Pacific Ocean,Sept. 30, 2009. Nearby, the amphibious transport dock USS Harpers Ferry is conducting landing craft, air cushion operations.

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U.S. sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga tend to a Marine Corps CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter during flight operations in the Pacific Ocean,Sept. 30, 2009. Nearby, the amphibious transport dock USS Harpers Ferry is conducting landing craft, air cushion operations.

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