American Colonial period .281901.E2.80.931941.29 Philippine Navy




a u.s. navy vought o2u corsair floatplane flying on cavite navy yard, c. 1930.


the american colonial government in philippines created bureau of coast guard , transportation, aimed maintain peace , order, transport philippine constabulary troops throughout archipelago, , guard against smuggling , piracy. americans employed many filipino sailors in bureau , in bureaus of customs , immigration, island , inter-island transportation, coast , geodetic survey, , lighthouses. reopened former spanish colonial escuela nautica de manila, renamed philippine nautical school, adopting methods of united states naval academy @ annapolis. u.s. naval academy accepted first filipino midshipman in 1919, , filipinos able enlist in u.s. navy, formerly able in spanish navy.








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