Editing The Sand Pebbles (film) (section)

===Pre-production===
Fox spent $250,000 building a replica [[gunboat]] named the ''San Pablo'', based on the {{USS|Villalobos|PG-42|6}} — a former [[Spanish Navy]] gunboat that was seized by the U.S. Navy in the [[Philippine Islands]] during the [[Spanish–American War]] (1898–1899) — but with a greatly reduced draft to allow sailing on the shallow [[Danshui River|Tam Sui]] and [[Keelung River]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesandpebbles.com/mcqueen/mcqueen.htm|title=Steve McQueen - The Sand Pebbles|work=thesandpebbles.com|access-date=June 14, 2015|archive-date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220131551/http://thesandpebbles.com/mcqueen/mcqueen.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The replica's final design was closer to that of 1928 [[river gunboat]]s than that of the ''Villalobos''.<ref>{{cite web |title=USS San Pablo from the Sand Pebbles |url=https://www.thesandpebbles.com/san_pablo/sanpablo.html |website=thesandpebbles.com |publisher=Crispin Garcia |access-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070101181805/https://www.thesandpebbles.com/san_pablo/sanpablo.html|archive-date= 1 January 2007}}</ref> A seaworthy vessel that was actually powered by [[Cummins]] diesel engines,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesandpebbles.com/jim_fritz/jim_fritz.htm|title=Jim Fritz - Recollections of The Sand Pebbles (1966)|work=thesandpebbles.com|access-date=June 14, 2015|archive-date=May 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522182523/http://www.thesandpebbles.com/jim_fritz/jim_fritz.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> the ''San Pablo'' made the voyage from Hong Kong to Taiwan and back under her own power during shooting of ''The Sand Pebbles''. After filming was completed, the ''San Pablo'' was sold to the DeLong Timber Company and renamed the ''Nola D'', then later sold to Seiscom Delta Exploration Co., which used it as a floating base camp with significant modifications, including removal of its engines and the addition of a helipad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesandpebbles.com/san_pablo/demise_sanpablo.html|title=The Demise of the San Pablo - The Sand Pebbles|work=thesandpebbles.com|access-date=June 14, 2015|archive-date=June 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626055655/http://www.thesandpebbles.com/san_pablo/demise_sanpablo.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The boat was towed to [[Singapore]] and broken up in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Demise of the San Pablo - The Sand Pebbles |url=https://www.thesandpebbles.com/san_pablo/demise_sanpablo.html |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=www.thesandpebbles.com}}</ref>

Robert Wise's cinematographer from ''The Sound of Music'', [[Ted McCord (cinematographer)|Ted McCord]], had taken a scouting trip to the Asian locations, but he informed Wise that his heart problems made him not capable enough to shoot the film.<ref>Santopietro, Tom ''The Sound of Music Story'' Bantam Press; 1st edition 1 May 2015</ref>