Oriskany (CVA 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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FAR EAST CRUISE 1960 USS ORISKANYCCVA-349 COMCARDIV7 ' CVG 14

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t' s including France, Germany and England, During the early 1800's, many European na ion , . t, had their fingers, and their sailing ships, in the Orient. Trade with China was particularly profitable. Occasionally one of these trading or whaling ships would he wrecked on the shores of ' ' ' . 0 l h the Ja anese Islands. Now, Japan, at that time, had closed fnerself off to foreigners. n y t e P Dutch were allowed to maintain a permanent station, a very small one, at Nagasaki. Foreigners who chanced upon Japanese shores were cast off again without food, imprisoned, or given to the Dutch at Nagasaki. I ,ff 44 it ' 1 J 'Z-,al ' f Q ig, it fa., J , J 4 lt gf l I tl l As these J of trade and fo: P51656 fpilactlfisejh iommuid' It became apparent to the trading nations that for the Sake Many emlssanes wel-Za e y 0 b elf manners' JaPaT1 Sl10uld be opened to commerce with the WCSL , , th d sent y the European nations, and hy America. They all falled, huffalmid e ru eness of the Japanese, who were eager to eject the missions Commodore M tth . ' ' 8 ew Perry to Open -laPaT1 to American sea trade and commerce. t Finall ,. ' th ' ' , y in e middle of the nineteenth century, the United States government dispatched the