China Gunboatman

The Log of the Asiatic Fleet. In the early 1900's America maintained a fleet of river boats on the Yangtzee and in China coastal ports. The movie "Sand Pebbles" with Steve McQueen is a classic portrayal. The entire fleet was known as the Asiatic Fleet. Veterans of the later time maintain an association served by a newsletter and by this log. A Facebook group and other links below assist with communications.

Blog Archive

  • ►  2011 (1)
    • ►  January (1)
      • Cruisng with the Asiatic Fleet
  • ▼  2010 (15)
    • ►  October (1)
      • Gene Schindler Interviews
    • ►  June (3)
      • VERY OLD PHOTO, FOUND IN WALNUT CREEK
      • REUNION NOTICE - AUGUST!!
      • United States Asiatic Fleet - 1902 – 1941
    • ►  April (4)
      • Mentions of Asiatic Fleet
      • Tales of the Asiatic Fleet
      • A Blue Sea of Blood:
      • Google Alert - "asiatic fleet"
    • ►  March (2)
      • Charlie Ankerberg - 2010
      • Reunion 2010
    • ▼  January (5)
      • Signalman was 1 of only 2
      • HMAS PERTH memorial regatta
      • Some Links You Should Have
      • 1/700 IJN light cruiser
      • Asiatic Fleet News Feed (Google)
  • ►  2009 (11)
    • ►  November (5)
      • Spanish American War
      • The OLD ASIATIC FLEET - models
      • U.S.S. Houston and H.M.A.S. Perth Marker
      • Paul Jones Veteran Gene Schindler
      • Institute of WW2 at FSU
    • ►  October (2)
      • Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 29 in World War II
      • The lonely ships:
    • ►  September (2)
      • SHIP TAKEN OVER BY US
      • British Pathe -
    • ►  March (2)
      • Asiatic Fleet Reuion - Washington DC
      • AMBUSHED - New Book
  • ►  2008 (11)
    • ►  December (1)
      • Remembering the Panay
    • ►  November (3)
      • Films of Interest
      • Return to the Philippines
      • USS Houston and POW survivor Stanley Woody ARTICLE...
    • ►  May (1)
      • Slop Chute on The old Whangpoo
    • ►  April (1)
      • New River Kwai Book
    • ►  March (2)
      • News of 2008 USS Houston Dive Team
      • Battle of Badoeng Strait
    • ►  February (3)
      • USS Houston 2008 Memorial Service
      • Love knows no depth
      • Mysterious Fate of the USS Edsall
  • ►  2007 (7)
    • ►  October (2)
      • Naval History - The Panay
      • USS Trinity Vets
    • ►  August (1)
      • Fair Winds and Following Seas - Walter Ashe
    • ►  June (1)
      • Naval Warfare: USS Asheville (PG-21)
    • ►  May (1)
      • POWs bombed by the US Air Corps
    • ►  January (2)
      • ABDA not entirely Lost to History
      • USS EDSALL - FILMS
  • ►  2006 (16)
    • ►  December (5)
      • Jade Rooster by R.L. Crossland
      • Asiatic Fleet 2006 - Part 4
      • Asiatic Fleet 2006-Part 3
      • Asiatic Fleet 2006-Part2
      • Asiatic Fleet Remembered
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  June (4)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  February (3)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2005 (16)
    • ►  November (4)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  June (8)

Links

  • US Asiatic Fleet Site
  • Asiatic Fleet Forum
  • USS Houston
  • USS Houston News
  • Naval Warfare Blog
  • Submarine S40 War Patrols
  • Buzz Creek
  • USS O'Callahan

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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Some Links You Should Have


http://www.ussmarblehead.com/

http://www.legendinc.com/Pages/MarbleheadNet/MM/Articles/USSMarblehead.html

U.S.S. MARBLEHEAD (CL-2), BOMB DAMAGE - Java Sea, February 4, 1942   

http://www.dcfp.navy.mil/cgi-bin/WarGallery.cgi?category=34&cols=3&PgConst=9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Marblehead_(CL-12)

http://www.navymemorial.org/
Click on the Asiatic Fleet dragon

Links from Ray Kester - USS Marblehead.

Posted by Buzz Creek at 1/24/2010

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