CH-46E Sea Knight Aboard the USS Essex [Image 3 of 6]

SEA OF JAPAN, AT SEA

03.18.2011

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran 

U.S. Navy           

Aviation boatswain’s mates remove chocks and chains from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter as it prepares to take off from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex, the amphibious dock landing ships USS Harpers Ferry and USS Germantown, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, are off the coast of Akita Prefecture, Japan, in support of Operation Tomodachi.

• Date Taken: 03.18.2011
• Date Posted: 03.19.2011 05:38
• Photo ID: 379538
• VIRIN: 110318-N-8607R-071
• Resolution: 2100x1200
• Size: 234.26 KB
• Location: SEA OF JAPAN, AT SEA