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ORIGINAL!RARE! USS PALOS ( CHINESE YANGTZE RIVER GUN BOAT ) MARE ISLAND CALIF. ID'D PHOTORARE! USS PALOS (CHINESE YANGTZE RIVER GUN BOAT) MARE ISLAND CALIF. ID'D PHOTOGRAPH
USS PALOS (PG-16) AND ITS SISTER SHIP USS MONOCACY (PG-21) CHINESE YANGTZE RIVER GUN BOATS UNDER THE LATE STAGES OF PRE-CONSTRUCTION AT MARE ISLAND CALIFORNIA IN 1913. ID'D PHOTO.
USS Palos (PG-16), a shallow draft U.S. Navy gunboat built for service on the Yangtze River, China, was pre-constructed at Mare Island Navy Yard (California) in 1912-13; dismantled and shipped to Shanghai, China: laid down by the Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co., on 28 April 1913; launched on 23 April 1914; commissioned on 24 June 1914. One of two light draft warships designed for service on the Upper Yangtze River (China) over 900 miles
inland, Palos departed Shanghai on 29 June to begin patrolling. Steaming upriver through
steep gorges and swift rapids, the gunboat became the first U.S. warship to reach Chongqing, 1,300
miles from the sea, on 28 August. Remaining at that port until 23 September, she then
joined her sister-ship USS Monocacy (PG-21) in protecting American lives and property on the upper reaches of
the Yangtze. Palos spent her entire career as part of the Yangtze Patrol.
ON THE RIGHT (USS PALOS),ON THE BOW, IS A SMALL SIGN HANGING THAT CLEARLY STATES:
U.S.S. PALOS
KEEL LAID APRIL 28,1913
PERIOD HAND ID'D ON THE REVERSE:
U.S.S. Palos - completed Gunboates for service
in Chinese rivers. Shipped in boxes knock-down
see U.S.S. MOMOCACY
VERY SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST.
CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE.
MANY FINE DETAILS CAN BE SEEN THROUGHOUT
DIMENSIONS: 7 3/4" x 9 13/16"
(please see pictures)
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