Motor sampan from USS Panay (PR-5) reaching shore with survivors, 12 December 1937 (NH 50823)

View of a loaded motor sampan reaching shore with survivors from the sinking U.S. Navy river gunboat USS Panay (PR-5), which was attacked by Japanese planes between Nanking and Wuhu, China, on the Yangtze River, 12 December 1937. CBM E.R. Mahlmann, USN, is at extreme left of view. Note the marking "PY" on the boat.