A couple of comments.

1) The Filipinos in USN service were not Asian-Americans. A distinction that should be recognized, though it is no way invidious.

2) At the start of the 20th century, there were no Filipinos in USN service. The Navy did have many Asian stewards and mess attendants, but they were Japanese. Really. Look up the roster of USS MAINE when she sank at Havana in 1898. To research this history properly, one should determine when and how these Japanese were replaced by Filipinos.