Photo #: NH 80125
USS Isabel (PY-10)
Motor whaleboat seen from astern, while tied up alongside in
Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, circa 1933.
Note the boat's 48-star flag.
Courtesy of Captain G. Knox Bishop, U.S. Air Force, 1974.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 80126
USS Isabel (PY-10)
Motor whaleboat underway with a liberty party on board, off Amoy,
China, 1933.
Courtesy of Captain G. Knox Bishop, U.S. Air Force, 1974.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 83549
USS Barker (DD-213)
Alongside another ship, probably USS Isabel (PY-10), off
the south China coast, circa 1938.
Only Barker's after portion is visible, including a boat
and its davits, the mainmast and the top of the after superstructure.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral
Harry E. Yarnell, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 81674
Ichang, China
Hillside sign on the bank of the Yangtze River, reading "Welcome
Chiang Kai-Shek", May 1937.
Photographed from USS Isabel (PY-10), which was carrying
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet,
on an upriver inspection trip.
Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Yarnell, 1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 81675
Chinese Junk
Becalmed while under sail on the Yangtze River in May 1937.
Photographed from USS Isabel (PY-10), which was carrying
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet,
on an upriver inspection trip.
Note oars stowed amidships on this junk.
Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Yarnell, 1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 81672
Large Chinese Junk
Being rowed by its crew, on the middle Yangtze River in May 1937.
Photographed from USS Isabel (PY-10), which was carrying
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet,
on an upriver inspection trip.
Note standing position of the oarsmen.
Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Yarnell, 1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 78397
Mount Mayon, Mindoro, Philippine Islands
Photographed from USS Isabel (PY-10), about 25 February
1937.
Courtesy of Vice Admiral J. Sylvester, USN (Retired), 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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