Petty Officer 3rd Class Miranda DaRae, assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18), hooks a cable to a crane while unloading a rigid-hull inflatable boat before a practice mission with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force while underway in the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 12, 2011. The New Orleans and embarked Marines are conducting pre-deployment work-ups as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group.