Naval History and Heritage Command

National Museum of the U.S. Navy

Asian Americans

This section focuses on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who served in the U.S. Navy.  

NHHC Asian American-Pacific Islander Focus

Image:  LC-DIG-DET-4s14113:  USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser #3).  Japanese stewards on deck.  Photographed by Edward H. Hart for Detroit Publishing Company, between 1895 and 1896.   Courtesy of the Library of Congress.