29 Aug 1937
- Lieutenant Commander Ralph Orson Myers was made the commanding officer of USS Stewart. ww2dbase [Stewart | CPC]
- Japanese aircraft damaged Chinese gunboat Chuyou at Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China. ww2dbase [Second Battle of Shanghai | Jiangyin, Jiangsu | CPC]
- Settsu, which had ferried a battalion of Sasebo 4th Special Naval Landing Force from Japan, disembarked the troops onto light cruiser Natori and destroyer Yakaze off Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [Second Battle of Shanghai | Settsu | Shanghai | CPC]
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