Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - Sailors secure Landing Craft Utility 1651 to stern gate of USS Tortuga..jpg SASEBO Japan Nov 12 2010 Sailors secure Landing Craft Utility LCU 1651 to the stern gate of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga LSD 46 LCU-1651 is packed with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 31st MEU vehicles which transferred from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry LSD 49 to Tortuga Tortuga is part of the permanently forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is underway in the western Pacific Ocean U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin/Released http //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/5451489758/ Sailors secure Landing Craft Utility 1651 to stern gate of USS Tortuga 2010-11-12 18 30 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin/U S Navy Attribution License IPTC Source Navy Visual News Service PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/5451489758 2012-11-16 09 52 40 cc-by-2 0 Images from United States Navy to check USS Tortuga LSD-46 in Operation Tomodachi |