The Snapshots in Time Collection
Foreign Warship at Anchor, China Coast, Pre-WWII U.S. Navy Photograph Collection, 1930s
A foreign warship, marked with the pennant code 'KN,' rides at anchor off the China coast in this 1930s photograph from a pre-World War II U.S. Navy album. Warships from multiple nations, including the United States, Britain, France, and the Netherlands, regularly patrolled Chinese waters during this era to safeguard their countries' interests amid regional instability. Project: 218181