US Navy (USN) guided missile cruisers and destroyers assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 (DESTON 15), cruise in formation during a transit of the Tsugaru Strait as part of a bilateral Annual Exercise 2005 (ANNUALEX) with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF). ANNUALEX focuses on improving the military-to-military relationship between the US and Japan, improving bilateral interoperability, defending Japan against maritime threats and to improve capability for surface warfare, air defense and undersea warfare
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Tsugaru Straits
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Stephen W. Rose, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
12/11/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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