Photo #: NH 77810
USS Chaumont (AP-5)
Arriving off the Bund at Shanghai, China, with the 6th Regiment,
U. S. Marine Corps, on 19 September 1937.
The Marines had been sent to reinforce the 4th Marine Regiment
in guarding the U. S. sector of the International Settlement
during the Sino-Japanese war. The tug is St. Sampson or
St. Dominic.
Courtesy of Vice Admiral M. L. Deyo, USN (Ret.), 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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