Simanek slowly arrived pierside at Naval ... in any theater of operation," Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Cullen said during the ceremony. Cullen is the ship's Blue MILCREW executive officer.

Simanek slowly arrived pierside at Naval ... in any theater of operation,” Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Cullen said during the ceremony. Cullen is the ship’s Blue MILCREW executive officer.

The vessel, which was flying a giant Mexican flag and had 277 people aboard, then drifted into a pier on the riverbank as ...