From here, from Facebook posted March 13, 2011, by Commanding Officer Capt. Thom Burke:
"During our mission to assist our close allies of Japan, we were operating near the radioactive plume from Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant. As you may have already heard, radioactivity was detected on 17 personnel from our ship..."
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If only 17 personnel had radioactivity on them, and I assume they were decontaminated immediately, then the health effects should be minimal.
This story sounds like sensationalism to me.
I read what you posted and have included the wording that follows what you quoted from the FB info:
” however, we promptly took the proper precautions and the radioactivity was easily removed by using soap and water. The levels that were detected were very low levels. To put this into perspective, the maximum radiation dose received was equalt to the amount of natural background radiation one would receive in one month from sources such as rocks, soil and the sun.”