171025-N-UX013-036 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 25, 2017) Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) lower the landing craft personnel (large), search and rescue boat, into the water to render aid to distressed American mariners. Ashland, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region on a routine deployment, rescued two American mariners who had been in distress for several months after their sailboat had a motor failure and had strayed well off its original course while traversing the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay/Released)