Japanese Navy On Visit To San Francisco

The Japanese "Maritime Self Defense Force" is docked in San Fran right now... And they apparently brought a Russian stray home with them, too...

The visit, meant to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the voyage of the Kanrin Maru, as well as the 1960 U.S. – Japan security treaty, was also historic for another reason. The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force has not visited San Francisco since 1992. I’m not sure why. I get the impression they used to visit quite often–I visited a squadron in the late 1980s that was virtually identical in makeup to this one, but with different ships.

Photos here

h/t - War Is Boring

By: Brant