Naval officers from Australia, Indonesia and the U.S. participate in a wreath-laying ceremony aboard the submarine tender USS Frank Cable in honor of the crews of the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Houston and the Royal Australian Navy light cruiser HMAS Perth. Both ships were sunk during World War II by Imperial Japanese forces within Indonesian waters during the battle of Sunda Strait in February 1942.  Frank Cable, forward deployed to the island of Guam, conducts maintenance and support of submarines and surface vessels deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet areas of responsibility and is on a scheduled underway.
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