Photo #: NH 51832
Submarine Division Seventeen (SubDiv 17)
Boats of SubDiv 17, Asiatic Fleet, moored alongside USS Canopus
(AS-9) at Tsingtao, China, circa 1930.
Identifiable submarines present include S-39 (SS-144),
S-37 (SS-142) and S-41 (SS-146). The boat closest
to the camera is probably S-36 (SS-141).
Note Sailors on deck in various states of relaxation, several
Chinese men on board the submarines, SubDiv 17 insignia painted
on conning towers, and 4"/50 deck guns.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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