Naval Surface Force Commander visits Sasebo based ships [Image 63 of 165]

SASEBO, JAPAN

09.26.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Crouch 

U.S. Navy           

170926-N-IO414-108 SASEBO, Japan (September 26, 2017) Engineman 2nd Class Ansley Cooke, from Atlanta, Ga., assigned to the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) shakes hands with Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, commander of Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, during a question and answer session of an all-hands call on the pier of Sasebo Heavy Industries Company shipyard. Rowden is visiting Sasebo, home of U.S. 7th Fleet’s forward-deployed amphibious ships, to better understand readiness challenges and to discuss the new command Naval Surface Group Western Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jordan Crouch / Released)

• Date Taken: 09.26.2017
• Date Posted: 09.28.2017 00:17
• Photo ID: 3816084
• VIRIN: 170926-N-IO414-108
• Resolution: 7360x4912
• Size: 850.5 KB
• Location: SASEBO, JP