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Photo #: NH 101687 USS Isabel (PY-10) Off Tsingtao, China, circa the mid-1930s. This photograph was received by the Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York, in May 1935. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 595 pixels
Photo #: NH 80115 USS Isabel (PY-10) Dressed with flags at Swatow, China, in 1934. Courtesy of Captain G.K. Bishop, U.S. Air Force, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 49KB; 740 x 460 pixels
Photo #: 80-G-1017189 USS Isabel (PY-10) At Manila, Philippine Islands, on 15 February 1934, while she was serving as flagship of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.
Photo #: NH 81248 USS Isabel (PY-10) Underway on the Yangtze River, China, circa 1932. Note launch being lowered and Engineering "E" painted on her after smokestack. Courtesy of Mr. W.G. Kelly, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 545 pixels
Photo #: NH 101688 USS Isabel (PY-10) Off Tsingtao, China, circa the mid-1930s. This photograph was received by the Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York, in May 1935. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 585 pixels
Photo #: NH 80118 USS Isabel (PY-10) At Ichang, China, 1932. Courtesy of Captain G.K. Bishop, U.S. Air Force, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 585 pixels
Photo #: NH 78366 USS Isabel (PY-10) At Hong Kong, circa 1935. Courtesy of Chief Radioman W.R. Lucas, USN (Retired), 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 64KB; 595 x 765 pixels
Photo #: NH 83530 USS Isabel (PY-10) At Hankow, China, on 14 May 1937. She is "dressed overall" in honor of the coronation of King George VI of England and flies the four-star flag of Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 530 pixels
Photo #: NH 80114 USS Houston (CA-30) With USS Isabel (PY-10) alongside, at Tsingtao, China, 1932. Courtesy of Captain G. Knox Bishop, U.S. Air Force, 1974. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 540 pixels
Photo #: NH 80116 USS Isabel (PY-10) In the Dewey Dry Dock, at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippines, 1933. Courtesy of Captain G.K. Bishop, U.S. Air Force, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 540 pixels
Photo #: NH 84776 USS Isabel (PY-10) In the southwest Pacific area, circa early 1942. Photograph from the papers of Admiral Thomas C. Hart, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 545 pixels
Photo #: NH 84777 USS Isabel (PY-10) In the southwest Pacific area, circa early 1942. Photograph from the papers of Admiral Thomas C. Hart, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 545 pixels

For selected views related to this ship throughout her career, and links to comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of her service, see:

USS Isabel (SP-521, later PY-10), 1917-1946.

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