Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Horvath | Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo | 03.17.2017
SASEBO, Japan (Mar. 17, 2017) Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Chief (MCM 14) gets underway from Commander, U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo and passes the moored Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Hatakaze-class destroyer JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) on Mar. 17, 2017. Avenger-class ships are designed as mine sweepers/hunter-killers capable of finding, classifying and destroying moored and......