Children invited aboard U.S. rescue ship Safeguard

ONAGAWA, Japan - Some 400 local children gather to take a tour of the U.S. Navy's rescue and salvage ship Safeguard which made a port call to enhance friendly ties in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2011. The Safeguard worked side-by-side with the Japan Coast Guard in support of Operation Tomodachi to clear waterways in northeastern Japan after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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