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Naval History and Heritage Command (DANFS)

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/hi ... -wwii.html:
"Dating back to the early 19th century, various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, such as Chinese, Japanese,
Korean, Filipiino, Southeast Asian, Asian Indian, and Polynesian, served onboard Navy ships in Pacific areas.
In the later part of the century, USS Ashuelot's crew was four-fifths Asian born."

Wikipedia

Together We Served

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I take it that this is the USS Ashuelot and not the USRC Ashuelot of a similar era?

Yup

The USRC Ashuelot (1863 to 1869) was a Pawtuxet-class cutter, so it would have looked similar to the USRC Levi Woodbury:


Ironically, this ship also ended up in the Far East, but not until after she was decommissioned.