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NH 81734 Asiatic Fleet Change of Command, 25 July 1939

Photo #: NH 81734 Asiatic Fleet Change of Command, 25 July 1939
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Title: Asiatic Fleet Change of Command, 25 July 1939
Description: Admiral Thomas C. Hart, incoming Commander in Chief Asiatic Fleet (left center), his predecessor, Admiral Harry E. Yarnell (right center), and members of their staffs salute as Yarnell's flag is taken down and Hart's is raised, during ceremonies on board USS Augusta (CA-31) off Shanghai, China. Black armbands are worn in mourning for the late Secretary of the Navy, Claude A. Swanson, who had died on 3 March 1939. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Yarnell, 1975. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 81734
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