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Photo # NH 77950:  Marines arriving at Shanghai, China, on board USS Chaumont on 19 September 1937.

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USS Chaumont (AP-5), 1921-1948 --
On Board and Close Up Views


This page features views taken on board or close to USS Chaumont.

For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Chaumont (AP-5), 1921-1948.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 99603

    USS Chaumont
    (AP-5)

    Passengers observing the ship getting underway, probably in 1922 at Annapolis, Maryland.
    The view shows the after end of the amidships superstructure on the port side.
    The officer holding the child appears to be Lieutenant Commander Owen Bartlett, USN.

    Collection of Rear Admiral Bradford Bartlett, USN (Ret.).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99604

    USS Chaumont
    (AP-5)

    Passengers observing the ship getting underway, probably in 1922 at Annapolis, Maryland.
    The view shows the after end of the amidships superstructure on the port side.
    Officer holding a child appears to be Lieutenant Commander Owen Bartlett, USN.

    Collection of Rear Admiral Bradford Bartlett, USN (Ret.).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 455 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77950

    USS Chaumont
    (AP-5)

    Men of the 6th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps, watching the ship arrive at Shanghai, China, on 19 September 1937.
    They had been sent to reinforce the 4th Marine Regiment in guarding the U. S. sector of the International Settlement during the Sino-Japanese war.

    Courtesy of Rear Admiral J. P. Walker, USN (Ret.), 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77892

    USS Chaumont
    (AP-5)

    Mooring in the river at Shanghai, China, on 19 September 1937 with men of the 6th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps, on deck.
    Crewmen of the Italian cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli, moored just astern, are observing the maneuver. Note the Italian cruiser's truncated conical tower forward superstructure and the jack on her bow.

    Courtesy of Rear Admiral J. P. Walker, USN (Ret.), 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77920

    USS Chaumont
    (AP-5)

    Men of the 6th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps, watching the ship arrive at Shanghai, China, on 19 September 1937.
    They had been sent to reinforce the 4th Marine Regiment in guarding the U. S. sector of the International Settlement during the Sino-Japanese war.

    Courtesy of Rear Admiral J. P. Walker, USN (Ret.), 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77918

    USS Chaumont
    (AP-5)

    Men of the 6th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps, look shoreward having just arrived at Shanghai, China, on 19 September 1937.
    They had been sent to reinforce the 4th Marine Regiment in guarding the U. S. sector of the International Settlement during the Sino-Japanese war.

    Courtesy of Rear Admiral J. P. Walker, USN (Ret.), 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77919

    USS Chaumont
    (AP-5)

    Men of the 6th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps, display various emotions during their arrival at Shanghai, China, on 19 September 1937.
    They had been sent to reinforce the 4th Marine Regiment in guarding the U. S. sector of the International Settlement during the Sino-Japanese war.

    Courtesy of Rear Admiral J. P. Walker, USN (Ret.), 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99605

    Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, USN
    , Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, (middle, wearing white cap cover)

    On board USS Chaumont (AP-5) at Shanghai, China, on 18 February 1938.
    With him are:
    Brigadier General John C. Beaumont, USMC, Commanding the Second Marine Brigade, (left);
    Commander Lemuel E. Lindsay, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Chaumont, (2nd from left); and
    Colonel Thomas S. Clarke, USMC, Commanding Sixth Marine Regiment, (right).

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, from the Yarnell-Thomas Collection.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 650 x 680 pixels

     


    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Chaumont (AP-5), 1921-1948.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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