March 11, 2011 Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakakura kusvika pa9.0 pakukura kweRichter kwakakonzera tsunami
rakaparadza kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweJapan. Ichipindura pakarepo, HSL-51 yakawedzera mapoka maviri mukati memaawa makumi maviri nemana uye mukati memazuva matatu yakanga iine mapoka mashanu akaiswa, achishanda akazvimiririra uye sechikamu cheRonald Reagan Strike Group mukutsigira zvakananga Operation Tomodachi. Kwenguva yokutanga munharaunda yeHSL/HSM, squadron yose yakadzoserwa kubva kumusha wayo weNAF Atsugi kuenda kuNAF Misawa pasina kana maawa 18 ekuzivisa apo mhuri dzeWarlord dzakaburitswa panguva imwe chete kunzvimbo dzakachengeteka muUnited States. Maawa mazana matatu namakumi masere namaviri nenzendo 118 dzendege dzakaitwa kuendesa matani anopfuura 100 ezvokubetsera zvinokosha.