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Yangtze Patrol, USS Luzon, USS Panay, Soochow Creek, Yangtze Barrier

Outler served aboard the Beaver from 1929 to 1931 when he was transferred to the USS Panay then to the USS Luzon. The Luzon was one of eight gunboats built specifically for service on the Yangtze River in China. She served as the flagship of the famous Yangtze River Patrol until 1938. Luzon had a complement of eighty officers and men.