The Snapshots in Time Collection
US Navy River Gunboats Moored at a Chinese Waterfront, Pre-WWII China Station Collection, 1930s
River gunboats of the US Navy's China Station lie moored along a busy Chinese waterfront in this pre-WWII photograph. Vessels like these, part of the Yangtze Patrol, protected American commercial and diplomatic interests along China's inland waterways throughout the 1920s and 1930s, prior to the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific. Project: 218183