The Snapshots in Time Collection
Elevated View of Deck Rigging and Sailor Aboard US Navy Vessel, China Station, 1930s
A US Navy sailor in dress whites stands on deck below a tangle of rigging and anchor chain, photographed from an elevated vantage point aboard a vessel of the pre-WWII Asiatic Fleet. Images like this offer a candid glimpse of daily shipboard life during America's interwar naval presence in China. Project: 218181