# Sinking of USS Panay

Footage of the U.S. Gunboat Panay in Nanking China during the Japanese offensive knows as "The Rape of Nanking." After evacuating foreign civilians, the Panay was attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft. The so-called Panay Incident almost led to war between the United States and Japan. Also features footage of the warship USS Augusta (CA-31) which served as command ship for the Asiatic Fleet, and the Royal Navy's HMS Ladybird.

- Kind: Newsreel
- Year: 1938
- Runtime: 9 min
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: War, News, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/SinkingOfUssPanay)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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