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| Chinese light cruiser Pinghai on the Yangtze River at Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China, Aug 1937 | Sunken ships in the Yangtze River near Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China, Aug-Sep 1937; they were sunken to prevent Japanese from sailing up river | Chinese cruiser Ninghai sunken in shallow water, Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China, 1937-1938 | Chinese light cruiser Pinghai being refloated, Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China, 1938 |
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