150213-N-ZZ999-1962 EAST CHINA SEA (Feb. 13, 2015) Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) (right) conducts surfarce warfare operations with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's JS Kurama (DDH 144). Lassen is on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.