YOKOSUKA, Japan (April 11, 2017) Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Tristian E. Daugherty, left, from De Soto, Mo., attached to the 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), grinds a television harness while Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Thomas Dwyer from Florham Park, , welds an anvil. Blue Ridge is in an extensive maintenance period in order to modernize the ship to continue to serve as a robust communications platform in the 7th Fleet area of operations.

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