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NH 81131 Hong Kong Harbor

Photo #: NH 81131 Hong Kong Harbor
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Title: Hong Kong Harbor
Description: 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 History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 81131
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