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Training Ship Shen Yang
Shen Yang was formerly Namikaze, the 14th ship of the Japanese navy's Minekaze-class destroyers, and arrived to Qingdao in the Republic of China as a reparation ship in 1947. Then, due to mechanical issues, Shen Yang was not re-armed, and was instead sent to port in Tamsui in northern Taiwan for use as a training ship. As Namikaze was completed on 11/11 of Taisho year 11, she enjoys Pocky(?) and can always be found with a Taiwanese tea-flavored Pocky in her mouth. As she was commissioned in 1922 and decommissioned in 1960, I drew her as a slightly sexy older girl. She is based off this picture I drew a year ago: illust/39959363
*Additional note: The number 25 represents that she was filed as "transfer No. 25" when she was given to Taiwan. It was not painted on the ship itself.