150223-N-KL617-089 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Feb. 23, 2015) - Machinist's Mate 1st Class Stephan Piper calls out orders to his junior Sailors aboard 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) before lighting the boilers. Blue Ridge successfully conducted a "light off" of its boilers, providing steam to power the steam plant, in order to resume patrols of the 7th Fleet area of operations. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelby Sanders/RELEASED) USS Blue Ridge operations 150223-N-KL617-089

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