Operation Handclasp was a 1958 joint

Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an a ...

-Navy operation conducted with the U.S. Navy's

U.S. 7th Fleet The Seventh Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy. It is headquartered at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the United States Pacific Fleet. At present, it is the largest of th ...

to demonstrate military weapons for Asian political and military leaders.

Example of use

DANFS contains numerous references to this operation. For example, see USS Alvin C. Cockrell (DE-366). ''Operation Handclasp'' is not to be confused with

Project Handclasp Project Handclasp is a humanitarian program of the United States Navy, started in 1962, that distributes materials and medical help. It serves as a public relations program for U.S. Navy personnel in foreign countries and more broadly as a counter ...

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.

References

* {{Authority control Handclasp