The Snapshots in Time Collection
View of Vessel Bow and Deck from Ship's Rigging, China Waters, 1930s
Photographed from high in a ship's rigging, this 1930s image looks down on the deck of a small vessel in Chinese waters, part of a collection documenting the U.S. Navy's peacetime presence in China before World War II, including the storied Yangtze Patrol. Project: 218176