Keywords: US Navy 091018-N-8335D-267 Line handlers heave a line as the mine countermeasures ship USS Defender (MCM 2) moors pierside in the port of Miyanoura on the Japanese island of Yakushima. Defender is the first U.S. Navy ship to ma.jpg en YAKUSHIMA Japan Oct 18 2009 Line handlers heave a line as the mine countermeasures ship USS Defender MCM 2 moors pierside in the port of Miyanoura on the Japanese island of Yakushima Defender is the first U S Navy ship to make a port call to this small Island Miyanoura is a United Nations World Heritage Site located 225 miles south of the Japanese mainland U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard DoolinReleased 2009-10-18 091018-N-8335D-267 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 77472 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location YAKUSHIMA Japan Crouching |