Second Zhili–Fengtian War
"Yongxiang", the sister ship of "Yongfeng", has a much less glamorous history than the first ship "Yongfeng". After being commissioned on the same day as its sister ship, "Yongxiang" was stationed at Nanjing. Originally manned by crew loyal to Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the crew defected to the Beiyang government in December 1923 with the ship, along with other defected ships. All defected ships including "Yongxiang" participated in the Second Zhili–Fengtian War in October of the following year, and subsequently defected to the Fengtian clique.