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A landing craft from HMNZS Canterbury, a New Zealand navy vessel, pulls into the well deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland in Segond Channel, Vanuatu, May 2, 2011. The Cleveland is the flagship of Pacific Partnership, a humanitarian assistance initiative making port visits to Vanuatu, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, and the Federated States of Micronesia.

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A landing craft from HMNZS Canterbury, a New Zealand navy vessel, pulls into the well deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland in Segond Channel, Vanuatu, May 2, 2011. The Cleveland is the flagship of Pacific Partnership, a humanitarian assistance initiative making port visits to Vanuatu, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, and the Federated States of Micronesia.

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