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U.S. sailors steer their rigid-hull inflatable boat alongside the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain after investigating several Japanese boats that appeared to be adrift after the recent earthquake and tsunami in the Pacific Ocean, March 13, 2011. The sailors are assigned to the McCain.

MCCAIN SAILORS

U.S. sailors steer their rigid-hull inflatable boat alongside the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain after investigating several Japanese boats that appeared to be adrift after the recent earthquake and tsunami in the Pacific Ocean, March 13, 2011. The sailors are assigned to the McCain.

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