YOKOSUKA, Japan (November 17, 2016) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) (center) returns to Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka following its 2016 patrol as sister ship USS Benfold (DDG 65) and missile range instrumentation ship USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM 25) sit pier-side. Stethem made a brief stop at FLEACT Sasebo to pick up family members for a Tiger Cruise. FLEACT Yokosuka provides, maintains, and operates base facilities and services in support of 7th Fleet’s forward-deployed naval forces, 83 tenant commands, and 24,000 military and civilian personnel.

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