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Submarine tender Nereus and Submarine Rescue Vessel Florikan with submarines Tunny, Cusk, Carbonero, Tilefish, Spinax, Rock, Remora, Catfish, and Volador, San Diego, California, US, date unknown	US 187th Regimental Combat Team troops being paradropped from C-46 transport aircraft during a training operation over Korea, date unknown

USS Blackfin (SS-322) and USS Tang (SS-563) moored next to each other, circa 1950s	USS Cod, circa 1950s; note the lack of deck armament as she was used as a trainer during this time

USS Preston, 1950s	USS Shangri-La underway, 1950s

USS Shangri-La underway, 1950s	USS Sterlet off US Territory of Hawaii, circa mid-1950s

USS Sterlet with her crew topside, circa mid-1950s	Yan Xishan in his home, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1950s

Yu Xuezhong, circa mid-1950s	Crown Prince Akihito and Emperor Showa playing shogi, with Empress Kojun watching, Japan, Jan 1955

USS Wasp underway off Taiwan, 5 Jan 1955	Chiang Kaishek, Chiang Ching-kuo, and Sun Li-jen at the funeral for those fallen at Battle of Yijiangshan Islands, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 7 Feb 1955

USS Intrepid off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 9 Feb 1955; note F2H Banshee aircraft on flight deck	USS Shangri-La underway off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, United States, 9 Feb 1955

Aerial view of Bellows Air Force Base, Oahu, Hawaii, Feb 21, 1955, when Bellows’ aviation era was winding down.	Inactive cruiser Minneapolis being overhauled at Keystone Ship Engineering and Drydock, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, spring 1955

President Rhee Syngman and Chief of Staff Chung Il-kwon, 10 Mar 1955	USS Shangri-La underway in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 24 Mar 1955