Tag: USS Panay Incident

• During the Nanking Massacre in the Sino-Japanese War, the U.S. Gunboat Panay Was Attacked and Destroyed by Japanese Warplanes in Chinese Waters. December 12, 1937.

  Image: The U.S. Navy river gunboat USS Panay (PR-5) sinking after Japanese air attack on Nanking, China, on 12 December 1937, in what became known as the Panay incident. (Public Domain) On this day in history, December 12, 1937, during the Nanking Massacre in the Sino-Japanese War, the U.S. gunboat Panay was attacked and destroyed…

  December 12, 2023

  1930s, History Daily, Nanking Massacre, Sino-Japanese War, USS Panay Incident

  1930s, History Daily, Nanking Massacre, Sino-Japanese War, USS Panay Incident