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On Tues. 13 Aug 1940 Admiral Thomas C. Hart of the US Navy Asiatic Flee.....

1940-08-13

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Admiral Thomas C. Hart of the US Navy Asiatic Fleet shifted his flag from heavy cruiser USS Augusta to submarine USS Porpoise at Qingdao, Shandong, China and departed for Shanghai. It was the first time a Asiatic Fleet chief had traveled in a submarine.

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