PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 21, 2017) - An Agusta AW109SP helicopter approaches the flight deck of the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), to retrieve a member of the Columbia River Bar Pilots after the ship completed its transit down the Columbia River following a scheduled dry-dock phase maintenance availability in Portland, Ore., Dec. 21. The ship will soon be conducting sea trials, which constitutes the final determination of a ship’s ability to rejoin the fleet as an operational unit to conduct maintenance and support of submarines and surface vessels deployed to the Indo-Asia-Pacific regio

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 21, 2017) - An Agusta AW109SP helicopter approaches the flight deck of the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), to retrieve a member of the Columbia River Bar Pilots after the ship completed its transit down the Columbia River following a scheduled dry-dock phase maintenance availability in Portland, Ore., Dec. 21. The ship will soon be conducting sea trials, which constitutes the final determination of a ship’s ability to rejoin the fleet as an operational unit to conduct maintenance and support of submarines and surface vessels deployed to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Heather C. Wamsley/Released)

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