150808-N-KM939-205 SAIPAN HARBOR, Saipan (August 8, 2015) - A crane transfers a pallet of water from the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) to the pier during disaster relief efforts in Saipan after Typhoon Soudelor made landfall. Ashland is assigned to the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)