Photo #: NH 86636 (complete caption)
Admiral Frank Brooks Upham, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S.
Asiatic Fleet (front row, center)
With his staff on board the Asiatic Fleet flagship, USS Augusta
(CA-31), at Manila, Philippine Islands, circa January 1935.
Photographed by the Kabirup Studio, Manila.
Identified officers present include (front row, left to right):
Commander William W. Meek, USN, Aide and Flag Secretary;
Captain Ausey H. Robnett, USN (MC), Fleet Surgeon;
Captain James P. Lannon, USN, Chief of Staff (wearing the Medal
of Honor won at Vera Cruz in 1914);
Admiral Upham;
Captain Roland W. Schumann, USN (SC), Fleet Supply Officer;
Captain Arthur K. Atkins, USN, Fleet Engineer; and
Commander Paulus P. Powell, USN, Operations Officer.
(rear row, left to right):
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Thomas W. Marshall, Jr., USN, Communications
duty;
Lieutenant Thomas A. Huckins, USN;
Lieutenant Commander Frank G. Fahrion, USN, Gunnery and Training
Officer;
Colonel Robert B. Farquharson, USMC, Aide and Fleet Marine Officer;
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Elvin Hahn, USN, Communications and
Watch Officer;
Lieutenant David W. Roberts, USN, Fleet Intelligence Officer;
Chief Pay Clerk Allen C. Smith, USN, (probably);
Lieutenant Alfred R. Taylor, USN, (probably), Fleet Communications
Officer; and
Lieutenant Edward S. Pearce, USN, Aide and Flag Lieutenant.
Collection of Captain Arthur K. Atkins, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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