March 11, 2011, dhulgariir cabirkiisu yahay 9.0 iyo tsunami ka dhashay
waqooyi bari ee Japan. Jawaab deg deg ah, HSL-51 ayaa laba gooni-goosad ku kordhisay 24 saacadood gudahood iyo seddex maalmood gudahood waxay lahaayeen wadar ahaan shan gooni-goosad oo la geeyay, oo si madax-bannaan u shaqeynaya iyo qayb ka mid ah Ronald Reagan Strike Group oo si toos ah u taageeraya Hawlgalka Tomodachi. Markii ugu horreysay ee bulshada HSL / HSM, kooxdii oo dhan ayaa dib uga soo laabatay saldhiggeedii asalka ahaa ee NAF Atsugi oo loo wareejiyay NAF Misawa wax ka yar 18 saacadood oo ogeysiis ah halka qoysaska Warlord ay si isku mid ah loogu daadgureeyay meelo ammaan ah oo ku yaal Mareykanka. 382 saacadood iyo 118 duulimaad ayaa la sameeyay iyagoo keenay in ka badan 100 tan oo sahay gargaar ah.