0907100860R-023 PASCAGOULA, Miss. (July 10, 2009) Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship Pre-Commissioning Unit Makin Island (LHD 8) man the rails as the ship departs Pascagoula, Miss. for her new homeport in San Diego. Makin Island will be making port calls in Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, Chile and Lima, Peru during a transit to San Diego through the Straits of Magellan. Makin island is the eighth and final Wasp-class LHD and will be commissioned in San Diego Oct. 24. Navy

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