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Sailors from His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Ottawa (FFH 341) pilot a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) toward Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) Sep. 6 in the South China Sea. Ralph Johnson is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force.