U.S. Navy command ship Blue Ridge calls at Osaka port

OSAKA, Japan - The U.S. Navy amphibious command ship Blue Ridge enters Osaka port on April 14 to allow its crew three days of rest, the U.S. Navy said. The 19,648-ton flagship of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, based in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, left there in January for the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean to ask countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia to cooperate in the U.S.-led antiterrorism campaign.