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Description: A U.S. Navy Sikorsky HSS-1 Seabat of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 6 (HS-6) "Indians" and a Japanese Self-Defense Forces Piasecki Model 44A (s/n JG-0002) evacuate residents of the Nagoya prefecture, Japan, following Typhoon Vera. HS-6 was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 15 September 1959 to 15 March 1960. JG-0002 is today on display at the Tokorozawa Aviation Museum, Tokorozawa (Japan).
Title: Helicopters evacuate people after Typhoon Vera Japan 1959
Credit: U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) 1959-60 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author: U.S. Navy
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