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23 Mar 1928

China

USS Stewart collided with sloop HMS Sandwich and two Chinese barges in Shanghai, China. A part of the anchor chain from one of the barges became tangled around Stewart's port propeller, causing serious damage. ww2dbase [Stewart | Shanghai | CPC]

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