Keywords: Landing Craft Utility 1627 providing aid after the Sendai Earthquake.jpg en TOMAKOMAI KO Japan March 16 2011 Landing Craft Utility LCU 1627 transports Japan Ground Self-Defense Force trucks to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga LSD 46 Tortuga is transporting the equipment to support Operation Tomodachi a humanitarian assistance mission in the aftermath of a 9 0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Scott Bourque/Released 2011-03-16 110316-N-2348B-004 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 98487 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Scott Bourque PD-USGov-Military-Navy 2011 TÅhoku earthquake relief by the JSDF USS Tortuga LSD-46 in Operation Tomodachi Aboard USS Tortuga LSD-46 LCU 1627 ship 1967 |