Launching ceremony of MSDF's escort vessel

Launching ceremony of MSDF's escort vessel

A launch ceremony for a Maritime Self-Defense Force escort vessel is held on Oct. 19, 2016, at a shipbuilding yard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki. The 5,100-ton, 151-meter ship was named Asahi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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