US Navy 1600 Class Utility Landing Craft (LCU) loaded with medical vehicles and supplies for a simulated disaster-relief exercise move in toward the shore from USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA 3) (not shown) during Exercise COOPERATION FROM THE SEA '96, near Vladivostok, Russia. The exercise is a joint venture between US and Russian naval forces designed to improve disaster-relief operations and to further understanding between the two nations