Kirisame departs on antipiracy missions

SASEBO, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kirisame leaves Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2010, to take part in antipiracy operations off Somalia as family member of the crew members wave goodbye. The destroyer Yuudachi also left the port the same day.

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