Children invited aboard U.S. rescue ship Safeguard

ONAGAWA, Japan - A crew member of the U.S. Navy's rescue and salvage ship Safeguard explains to children about diving gear on the ship which made a port call to promote friendship in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2011. About 400 children were invited to take a tour of the vessel that took part in Operation Tomodachi along with other navy assets after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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