0907177280V-184 YOKOSUKA, Japan (July 17, 2009) Retired Navy Capt. Andrew G. Sevald, left, a former commanding officer of the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), Yokosuka, Japan Vice Mayor Yoriko Ueda, Vice Adm. John M. Bird, commander, 7th Fleet, The Honorable Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Capt. Thom W. Burke, commanding officer of Blue Ridge, and chaplain Steven Benefield unveil the plaque commemorating Blue Ridge's 30th anniversary as part of the Navy's Forward Deployed Naval Force. Blue Ridge arrived in Yokosuka, Japan July 17, 1979. Navy

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