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Photo #: NH 80422 Hong Kong Harbor, circa November 1936 With ships of the British, French and U.S. Navies present. Ships are (in the most distant offshore row, left to right): French light cruiser Lamotte-Picquet, British submarine tender Medway with several submarines alongside, and British aircraft carrier Hermes. (in the nearest offshore row, left to right): two destroyers (unidentified nationality), French colonial sloop, USS Augusta (CA-31) and USS Black Hawk (AD-9) with two destroyers alongside. Alongside dockyard wharfs (left to right): British heavy cruiser Berwick with two or three destroyers outboard,and British heavy cruiser Cumberland. Inside the dockyard basin (clockwise from entrance): Two destroyers, three submarines and an "Insect" class gunboat. Offshore of, and to the right of, the dockyard (left to right): USS Isabel (PY-10) alongside a U.S. destroyer, two British destroyers, three U.S. destroyers, and three U.S. destroyers. Courtesy of Lieutenant Gustave Freret, USN (Retired), 1972. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 228KB; 900 x 735 pixels
Photo #: NH 81131 Hong Kong Harbor, circa November 1936 With ships of the British, French and U.S. Navies present. Ships in the right half of the photo are (in the most distant offshore row, left to right): French light cruiser Lamotte-Picquet, British submarine tender Medway with several submarines alongside, and British aircraft carrier Hermes. (in the nearest offshore row, left to right): two destroyers (unidentified nationality), French colonial sloop, USS Augusta (CA-31) and USS Black Hawk (AD-9) with two destroyers alongside. Alongside dockyard wharfs (left to right): British heavy cruiser Berwick with two or three destroyers outboard,and British heavy cruiser Cumberland. Inside the dockyard basin (clockwise from entrance): Two destroyers, three submarines and an "Insect" class gunboat. Offshore of, and to the right of, dockyard (left to right): USS Isabel (PY-10) alongside a U.S. destroyer, two British destroyers, three U.S. destroyers, and three U.S. destroyers. Courtesy of Lieutenant Gustave Freret, USN (Retired), 1972. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 73KB; 900 x 735 pixels
Photo #: NH 94179 Hong Kong Harbor Panoramic photograph by Lum Long, Hong Kong, circa 1931-1933, with the Royal Navy Dockyard at left. Among the warships present are: USS Houston (CA-30), center; USS Isabel (PY-10), right center; British submarine tender Medway, beyond Houston's bow; British aircraft carrier Hermes, right; Three British heavy cruisers; Several British destroyers; and a French river gunboat, left center, nearest shore. Collection of Lieutenant Oscar W. Levy, USN (Supply Corps), Retired. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 79KB; 1200 x 395 pixels
Photo #: NH 78012 Pan American Airways Martin Model 130 "Clipper" Flying boat Moored to the Pan American "floating dock" in Manila Bay, circa 1936. USS Isabel (PY-10) is in the distance, with an admiral's barge alongside. Courtesy of Rear Admiral J.P. Walker, USN (Retired), 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 575 pixels
Photo #: NH 78395 Mrs. Riley F. McConnell, Wife of Captain Riley F. McConnell, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet Hails USS Isabel (PY-10), in the distance, from a wharf at Cebu, Philippine Islands, January 1937. Courtesy of Vice Admiral J. Sylvester, USN (Retired), 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 45KB; 740 x 530 pixels
Photo #: NH 80117 USS Isabel (PY-10) In Macao Harbor, China, 1933. Courtesy of Captain G. Knox Bishop, U.S. Air Force, 1974. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 35KB; 740 x 470 pixels
Photo #: NH 50913 HMS Suffolk (British Heavy Cruiser, 1928) Moored off Hong Kong, January 1931. The British sloop Cornflower is in the left background, beyond Suffolk's bow. USS Isabel (PY-10) is in the center background, beyond Suffolk's stern. A British Grimsby class sloop is partially visible at right. Several junks are under sail nearby. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 615 pixels
Photo #: NH 50915 HMS Suffolk (British Heavy Cruiser, 1928) Moored off Hong Kong, January 1931. USS Isabel (PY-10) is in the center background, beyond Suffolk's forward superstructure. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 610 pixels
Photo #: NH 50916 HMS Suffolk (British Heavy Cruiser, 1928) At Hong Kong, circa 1934. The stern of USS Isabel (PY-10) is in the left foreground. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 137KB; 740 x 590 pixels

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

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