Operation Handclasp was a 1958 jointAir Force-Navy operation conducted with theU.S. Navy'sU.S. 7th Fleet to demonstrate military weapons for Asian political and military leaders.

DANFS contains numerous references to this operation. For example, seeUSS Alvin C. Cockrell (DE-366).

Operation Handclasp is not to be confused withProject Handclasp an official U.S. Navy program that distributes materials donated in the U.S. to less economically well-off residents of foreign countries on behalf of American citizens.^[1]

•  This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

• Non-combat military operations involving the United States

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