File:Japanese destroyer Asakaze (DD-181) underway in 1959.jpg

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Description 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.
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.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Shangri-La (CVA-38) 1959 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author USN

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