The American liner President Hoover (21,926 tons) was bombed from the air on August 30 when about two . miles from Woosung, when returning to Shanghai after carrying refugees to' Manila. One bomb hit the. lines on the port .side, damaging the cabin ;shown in the picture on the left. Another bomb damaged one of the funnels. Above is a view showing the President Hoover entering the harbour at Honolulu when returning to America.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 38, 8 November 1937, Page 11
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73The American liner President Hoover (21,926 tons) was bombed from the air on August 30 when about two . miles from Woosung, when returning to Shanghai after carrying refugees to' Manila. One bomb hit the. lines on the port .side, damaging the cabin ;shown in the picture on the left. Another bomb damaged one of the funnels. Above is a view showing the President Hoover entering the harbour at Honolulu when returning to America. Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 38, 8 November 1937, Page 11
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