110316-N-2348B-016 TOMOKAMAI KO, Japan (March 16, 2011) Japan Ground Self-Defense Force vehicles line the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46). Tortuga is transporting the equipment to support Operation Tomodachi, a humanitarian assistance mission in the aftermath of a magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Scott Bourque/Released) - Official Navy Imagery - Japanese vehicles line the inside of USS Tortuga, which is delivering them

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