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Tugboats nestle alongside and guide the USS Stethem (DDG 63) as it pulls into Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on Feb. 12, 2007. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer is returning to Yokosuka after completing two weeks of drills at sea.

Tugboats nestle alongside and guide the USS Stethem (DDG 63).

Tugboats nestle alongside and guide the USS Stethem (DDG 63) as it pulls into Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on Feb. 12, 2007. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer is returning to Yokosuka after completing two weeks of drills at sea.

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