Towada leaves for Indian Ocean on fuel supply mission

Towada leaves for Indian Ocean on fuel supply mission

KURE, Japan - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel wave as the supply ship Towada leaves its home port in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Nov. 10 for the Indian Ocean for a refueling mission to support the U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan.

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