MAKE A MEME View Large Image Japanese destroyer Asakaze (DD-181) underway in 1959.jpg The Japanese destroyer JMSDF Asakaze DD-181 refueling from the U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La CVA-38 in 1959 The Shangri-La was deployed to the Western Pacific from 9 March ...
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Keywords: Japanese destroyer Asakaze (DD-181) underway in 1959.jpg The Japanese destroyer JMSDF Asakaze DD-181 refueling from the U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La CVA-38 in 1959 The Shangri-La was deployed to the Western Pacific from 9 March to 3 October 1959 <br>Asakaze had been commissioned in 1941 as USS Ellyson DD-454 She was decommissioned 19 October 1954 and transferred to the Japanese Government 20 October 1954 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program She served in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force until 1970 when the ship was returned to the United States and was sold to Taiwan where she was cannibalized for spare parts U S Navy photo http //navysite de/cruisebooks/cv38-592/093 htm from the http //navysite de/cruisebooks/cv38-592/index_003 htm USS Shangri-La CVA-38 1959 cruise book available at http //navysite de/cruisebooks/index html Navysite de 1959 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Ellyson DD-454 ship 1941 Destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
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