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Starboard view of USS Tunny, circa mid-1950s	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