Sheepshead Bay, New York. Enrollees from all parts of the country shown arriving at the United States Maritime Service training station, the largest of its kind in the world. When dedicated on December 12 the station will have 10,000 apprentice seamen in training for the American Merchant Marine
Summary
Image source: U.S. Maritime Service training station.
Title and other information from print in lot.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Temp. note: owibatch6
Film copy on SIS roll 0, frame 0.
Tags
Date
01/01/1943
Location
kings county
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html