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	Yangtze River Patrol and Other US Navy Asiatic Fleet Activities in China, 1920-1942
		The Yangtze Patrol, plus the Helena, was assembled off Woosung, and held practice during May, with the exception of the Palos, required for patrol duty on the upper Yangtze.
		Division 3 was engaged in patrolling the Yangtze.
		The Yangtze Patrol, augmented by destroyers of the Asiatic Fleet, and the Houston, flagship of the commander in chief, cooperated with United States consular officials at Hankow and Nanking, rendering assistance in those areas, and standing by to evacuate United States nationals.
	www.history.navy.mil /library/online/yangtze.htm (9685 words)

	Yangtze Patrol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This squadron-sized unit of the Asiatic Fleet patrolled the waters of the Yangtze as far inland as Chungking, more than 1,300 miles from the sea, and occasionally far beyond.
		During this period most found a tour in the Yangtze to be uneventful, as a major American shipping company sold its interests to a Chinese firm leaving the patrol with little to protect.
		In the early 1920's the patrol found itself fighting the forces of deadly warlords and ruthless bandits, then, in the late 1920's, Chiang Kai-shek and the Northern Expedition, created a volatile military situation for the patrol along the Yangtze.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yangtze_Patrol (1042 words)

	US Asiatic Fleet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gunboats patrolled the Yangtze River in the Yangtze Patrol.
		Early in the morning of 8 December Preston sent off one plane on patrol and a short time later was attacked by aircraft from the small Japanese carrier Ryujo, and her other two PBYs were sunk on the water.
		Patrol Wing 10 was ordered south into the Netherlands East Indies on 12 December, when the collapsing defenses of the islands made further operations untenable.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_Asiatic_Fleet (1085 words)

	Yangtze Patrol: American Naval Forces in China: A Selected, Partially-Annotated Bibliography: Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Yangtze River Patrol Memorial Foundation, successor to the Yangtse River Patrol Association, was created to memorialize the ships and men of the Patrol and to foster scholarship into the role played by the United States Navy in the Far East.
		Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay’s Yangtze Patrol maintained a supply depot at Hankow, the midpoint of its area of gunboat operations on the river; a smaller three-vessel South China patrol was stationed at Canton.
		The Yangtze Patrol can’t be summarized adequately in just a few pages, but it is hoped that those whose imaginations and interest are fired by the brief descriptions above will find this still-incomplete bibliography a profitable place to begin their exploration into the Yangtze Patrol and the “interesting time” of which it was a part.
	library.nps.navy.mil /~library/bibs/yangtzeintro.htm (2136 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Located at the mouth of China’s major water route to the interior, the Yangtze River, is Shanghai, China’s major commercial port.
		It was common during the 20's and 30's for a variety of other warships to be used on the upper Yangtze; minesweepers, and destroyers for example frequently made their way up river to Nanking or further.
		The Yangtze was wild and unpredictable in many parts, and ships could be driven ashore or smashed to pieces in some of the towering gorges.
	www.steelnavy.com /1250ChinaStation.htm (1378 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log - A Short Philatelic History of The Yangtze Patrol by George Saqqal
		QUIROS served on the Yangtze until she was decommissioned and sunk by naval gunfire on October 16, 1923.
		HQ of the Yangtze Patrol was moved from Shanghai to Hankow lock, stock and barrel.
		The Yangtze Patrol was formally dissolved on December 5, 1941
	ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/PhilatelicHistoryofTheYan.html (13999 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The warship engaged in continuous patrol operations between Ichang and Chungking throughout 1923, supplying armed guards to merchant ships, and protecting Americans at Chungking while that city was under siege by a warlord army.
		She was reclassified PR-1 15 June 1928, and continued her river patrol operations until being placed in reserve in June 1929 when six new river gunboats joined the Yangtze Patrol.
		She was placed in full commission 5 September 1931 in response to the need for additional gunboats to supplement the Yangtze Patrol in relief work for the disastrous summer floods, the worst in the Yangtzes history, which inundated 34,000 square miles of land and left millions homeless.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/patrol/pg16.htm (579 words)

	China Marines
		Besides, the administrative apparatus of the northern warlord coalition along the Yangtze was rapidly dissolving in the face of the Nationalist advance, and there were few police or disciplined troops to face the urban mobs, bandits, and rowdy soldiers floating between the two warring factions.
		The 4th Marines' success in defending the Settlement in 1932 and the constabulary naval actions of the Yangtze Patrol convinced the State Department that the continued military presence in China was a useful adjunct of American diplomacy with both the Chinese and the Japanese.
		By the end of 1940 the Commander Asiatic Fleet was urging the regiment's withdrawal, and the Yangtze Patrol itself began to abandon the river.
	www.1stmarinedivisionassociation.org /china-marines/china_marines.htm (8883 words)

	USS Villalobos I
		After a brief period of rest at Cavite from 26 March to 1 April, Villalobos patrolled the coastline between Niac and Laguimanoc and cooperated with an Army detachment from Taal in seizing three bapcas in the barrio of Hanahana and 11 at the barrio of San Luiz, towing them to Taal for not having licenses.
		Her third patrol from Cavite, commencing on 14 April, saw the ship transporting stores to the guards at Cape Santiago, Cape Malabrigo, and Cabra Island lighthouses before resuming routine communication duties with Army detachments at Batangas, Lucena, and Laguimanoc.
		Thus the former Spanish gunboat commenced her service with the Yangtze Patrol—"showing the flag" on the mighty river of what the Chinese had called "the Middle Kingdom." China, once a power of stature perhaps unequalled, had become a collection of feuding states as strongmen leaders arose in various geographical areas to war on their neighbors.
	www.navyhistory.com /gunboat/villalobosI.html (2118 words)

	USS Wake
		With the arrival of Mindanao (PR-8) in mid-June 1929 to assume duties as flagship of the South China Patrol, Guam rejoined the Yangtze Patrol and resumed operations on that mighty river.
		From this point on, the Yangtze Patrol gunboaters had grandstand seats on the Sino-Japanese "incident." Guam evacuated Americans from Nanking prior to the city's fall to Japanese forces in December.
		By 1939, the Japanese controlled the Yangtze River Third power commerce was at a standstill, and even neutral naval forces were restricted or hampered by the Japanese, who insisted that escorts were necessary at all times and to all places.
	www.navyhistory.com /PF/Wake.html (1527 words)

	[No title]
		Assigned to the Yangtze Patrol (YangPat) and redesignated a river gunboat (PR-4) on 15 June 1928, Tutuila cruised on shakedown up the Yangtze River from Shanghai to I'Chang, where she joined sister ship Guam (PR-3) in mid-July.
		Convoying river steamers through the upper reaches of the Yangtze on her first passage through the scenic gorges, she flew the flag of Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr., Commander, Yangtze Patrol (ComYangPat).
		Her duty with Yang-Pat offered excitement and variety: conducting roving armed patrols ; convoying merchantmen ; providing armed guards for American flag steamers ; and "showing the flag" to protect American lives and property in a land where civil strife and warfare had been a way of life for centuries.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/patrol/pg44.htm (848 words)

	The Yangtze Patrol and South China Patrol
		The regularity of these naval patrols waxed and waned throughout the latter half of the 19th century depending on the strength of American mercantile and missionary interests in China.
		American naval forces were also engaged in anti-piracy patrols and actions along the coast of China during this period.
		Following this incident the United States Navy organized the South China Patrol, based at Hong Kong, and the Yangtze Patrol, based at Shanghai and later Hankow.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/5047/YANGTZE.html (618 words)

	H.M.S. Falcon - Royal Navy Gunboats in China and the Far East
		The Yangtze is a perilous river with multiple rapids and a water level that is entirely dependant on the seasons and weather.
		The water in the Yangtze is deep enough for destroyers and sloops to sail from Shanghai to Hankow all year round.
		HMS Snipe and HMS Nightingale served on the Yangtze (it is conceivable that Snipe may have later served on the West River).
	www.hmsfalcon.com (6465 words)

	Guam Postcards 2
		One of six new river gunboats built to replace old gunboats on the Yangtze for a year, Guam was then assigned to the South China patrol.
		She was reclassified PR-3 there on 15 June 1928; and, after a year, she returned to duty along the Yangtze.
		The China through which Guam sailed was racked by war from the day she commissioned--first, civil war as Communists battled Nationalists for control of the ancient nation; and then, total war as Japanese forces sought to win and control China and her vast resources.
	www.janeresture.com /guam_postcards2 (357 words)

	USS Palos II
		During the course of her service, the gunboat protected American interests in China down the entire length of the Yangtze, at times convoying U.S. and foreign vessels on the river, evacuating American citizens during periods of disturbanee and in general giving credible presence to U.S. eoneulates and residences in various Chinese cities.
		In the period of great unrest in central China in the 1920's, Palos was especially h~sy patrolling the upper Yangtze against bands of warlord soldiers and outlaws.
		She was reclassified PR-1 15 June 1928, and continued her river patrol operations until bemg placed in reserve in June 1929 when six new river gunboats joined the Yangtze Patrol.
	www.multied.com /navy/gunboat/palosII.html (539 words)

	The Yangtze Patrol: Travels In Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Perhaps this section should more accurately be titled "The SARS Brigade" since it will focus mainly on my trip to mainland China and Hong Kong during the 2003 epidemic.
		I had originally planned to include a short cruise up the Yangtze River during this journey but the outbreak of the disease caused me to restructure my itinerary shortly before my departure for London -- a trip that immediately preceded this one.
		Much of this section will center around my travel diary and will include a healthy portion of the almost 800 digital photos I shot during the trip.
	www.mjochim.com /asia/home.html (184 words)

	The Yangtze Patrol and South China Patrol - The U.S. Navy in China 1854-1942
		The Yangtze Patrol and South China Patrol - The U.S. Navy in China 1854-1942
		Unless the foreigners build heavier and better protected gunboats, a difficult thing to do in view of the shallowness of the rivers - the Chinese are shortly [if they are not ready now] going to drive the gunboats off the river."
		Quoted in Kemp Tolley, Yangtze Patrol The U.S. Navy in China (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1971) page 144.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/5047/yangpatships.html (997 words)

	The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Yangtze River Patrol (1854 - 1942) - June 9th, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The patrol was necessary to protect U.S.citizens and their interests against pirates and warlords who would attack commercial ships on the river.
		The Yangtze Patrol was called upon to defend American lives, property, and commerce along the river and to support American foreign policy in the Far East.
		The climax of hostilities occured in 1937 with the "Rape of Nanking" and the sinking of the USS PANAY by the Japanese.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/1150289/posts (6638 words)

	USS Tutuila
		Assigned to the Yangtze Patrol (YangPat) and redesignated a river gunboat (PW4) on 16 June 1928, Tutuila cruised on shakedown up the Yangtze River from Shanghai to I'Chang, where she joined sister ship Guam (PW3) in mid-July.
		Her duty with YangPat offered excitement and variety: conducting roving armed patrols; convoying merchantmen; providing armed guards for American flag steamers; and "showing the flag" to protect American lives and property in a land where civil strife and warfare had been a way of life for centuries.
		Shortly after his arrival in Manila, Rear Admiral Glassford deactivated the Yangtze Patrol on 6 December 1941.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/patrol/tutuila.html (824 words)

	Tenders - USS Elcano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Based on Shanghai from February 1903, their mission was to protect American citizens and property, and promote friendly relations with the Chinese.
		Recommissioned 5 December 1910, Elcano went back in March 1911 to the China Station, based at Amoy until World War I. Recalled to Manila in April 1917, she patrolled off Mariveles and Corregidor until the end of the war.
		She continued to patrol from her base at Shanghai, obtaining information on political conditions, visiting ports where American citizens were located, and sending her officers ashore to confer with local officials and American consuls.
	www.mississippi.net /~comcents/tendertale.com/tenders/005/005.html (526 words)

	The Yangtze Patrol Message Board
		The Yangtze Patrol of the 1930s was not the same as the Yangtze Patrol of the 1920s, nor were the ships and the men the same.
		Dad was on the Patrol Boat, USS Oahu, stationed on the Yangtze River, based in Shanghai, China, before he was taken prisoner.
		The Yangtze River Patrol Memorial Foundation was set up to establish a memorial to the Yangtze River Patrol after the Yangtze River Patrol Association disbanded and merged with the South China Patrol Asiatic Fleet in 1997.
	www.thesandpebbles.com /messageboards/messageboard1.html (12807 words)

	Hard Way Home
		This manuscript is a personal account of the experiences suffered by the author as a Japanese prisoner of War during the Second World War, 1942-1945.
		All along the muddy Yangtze River we were to pick up American nationals, Naval personnel, mail and baggage.
		We arrived around November 25, 1941, and after the necessary reports to the Commander to the Yangtze River Patrol, half of the crew were allowed to go on liberty.
	www.hardwayback.com /Page01.html (2119 words)

	Old China Hand links
		A documentation by a Swiss photographer of the devastation wrought in the city by both sides.
		Yangtze River and in the Far East from 1897 to 1945.
		From 1927 to 1941, a unit of the United States Marine Corps, the Fourth Marines, was assigned to Shanghai.
	www.willysthomas.net /LinksPage.htm (1067 words)

	Introduction of Commander Anders
		For his heroic actions he was awarded the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart by a grateful Navy and Nation.
		The USS Robinson is detached from ASW patrol duties at Ulithi, and sent to Subic Bay to join a forming 7
		Once again there are US Navy ships on the Yangtze looking out for our national interests.
	www.ussrobinson.org /andersintro.htm (585 words)

	DANFS: USS Panay (PR-5) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Built for duty in the Asiatic Fleet on the Yangtze Patrol, Panay had as her primary mission the protection of American lives and property frequently threatened in the disturbances the 1920's and 30's brought to China struggling to modernize, to create a strong central government, and, later, to meet Japanese aggression.
		Throughout Panay's service, navigation on the Yangtze was constantly menaced by bandits and soldier outlaws of various stripes, and Panay and her sisters provided the protection necessary for American shipping and nationals, as other foreign forces did for their citizens.
		The Japanese senior naval commander in Shanghai was informed both before and after the fact of this movement.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/PR/pr5.html (355 words)

	USS Robinson
		Technically, we were in China, the first ship of our size and nationality to enter the Yangtze River since the onset of hostilities in 1941.
		There was the brownish cast of the water, and the taut anchor chain to prove that we were in the mouth of the Yangtze, as our navigation indicated, yet we were out of sight of land.
		As such, we occupied an anchorage in the Yangtze close to the mouth of the Whangpoo River, a place known locally as Woosung.
	www.ussrobinson.org /Star8.htm (3137 words)

	Surface Ship Event Cover - USS Guam PG 43 / USS Wake PW-3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		She was reclassified as PR-3 on June 15, 1928 and after a year in the South China Sea, she returned to duty along the Yangtze River.
		The China through which Guam sailed was racked by war from the day she commissioned; first - civil war as Communists battled Nationalists for control of the ancient nation; and then - total war as Japanese forces sought to win and control China and her vast resources.
		Guam also evacuated American civilians from Wuhu to Hankow in December 1937 in front of approaching Japanese forces, and a year later served as station ship at Standard Vacuum Oil installations in Hankow to protect American lives and property while Chinese and Japanese armies clashed nearby.
	thesaltysailor.com /ships/shipevent20.htm (576 words)

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