NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (July 6, 2012) Commander Michael Harris, Commanding Officer of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), newly appointed to command, addresses the crew of the USS Pearl Harbor at a change of command ceremony.

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (July 6, 2012) Commander Michael Harris formally relieves Commander Homer Denius of command and accepts command of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) from Rear Admiral Gerard Hueber, Commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3 at a change of command ceremony onboard USS Pearl Harbor.

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (July 6, 2012) Commander Homer Denius, Commanding Officer of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), greets visiting members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Organization at a change of command ceremony onboard the USS Pearl Harbor.

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (July 6, 2012) Rear Admiral Gerard Hueber, Commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3, presents Commander Homer Denius, Commanding Officer of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), with a meritorious service medal at a change of command ceremony.