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Shipbuilding (Newport News). Transportation is a vital operation in the huge Newport News Yard, where more than 36,000 workers are employed. These two workers are shown laying his tracks for a new railroad spur, which will carry materials right to the building ways where four cruisers and a large battleship are under construction for our new two-ocean fleet

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Transportation is a vital operation in th...

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Coast Guard Auxiliary. Guardians of inland waters. Designated by the initials of the Coast Guard Reserves, these cabin cruisers have been made available to the government for the duration by their owners. A temporary reservist serves as helmsman for each of the boats while regular Coast Guardsmen man the gun during practice firing

Coast Guard Auxiliary. Guardians of inland waters. Designated by the i...

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Interviewing Newfoundland fishermen as to the presence of cruisers inshore / Fred S. Cozzens. In search of bait on the Newfoundland coast--Hauling capelin bait at Holyrood, Conception Bay / after sketches by J.W. Hayward.

Interviewing Newfoundland fishermen as to the presence of cruisers ins...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 31, 1887 Aug. 13, p. 576. Reference copy in LOT 4426-B.

Dan the fisherman overhauled by British cruisers

Dan the fisherman overhauled by British cruisers

A humorous but favorable portrayal of secretary of state Daniel Webster's assertive role in the dispute over American fishing rights in Canadian waters. (See also Edward W. Clay's "John Bull's Fish Monopoly, n... More

Shipbuilding (Newport News). In the shadow of the huge building ways. where four cruisers and a battleship for Uncle Sam's growing navy are under construction, lies the ship's plate section. The plates are carried from here to the ways by large overhead cranes

Shipbuilding (Newport News). In the shadow of the huge building ways. ...

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The scuttled French fleet at Toulon: aerial pictures. On November 28, 1942, the day after the scuttling and firing of the ships of the French fleet in Toulon harbor, photographs were taken by the Royal Air Force. Many of the vessels were still burning so that smoke and shadows obscure part of the scene. But the photographs show, besides the burning cruisers, ship after ship of the contre-torpilleurs and destroyer classes lying capsized or sunk, testifying to the thoroughness with which the French seamen carried out their bitter task. While the vast damage done is shown in these photographs, no exact list of the state of the ships can be drawn up, since the ships themselves cannot be seen in an aerial photograph. Thus the upper deck of the battle cruiser Strasbourg is not submerged, but here are signs that the vessel has settled and is grounded. The key plan C.3296 shows the whereabouts of the majority of the ships and their condition as far as it can be seen from the photographs. Picture shows: damaged and sunk light cruisers and destroyers visible through the shadow and the smoke caused by the burning cruisers

The scuttled French fleet at Toulon: aerial pictures. On November 28, ...

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Fleet maneuvers. Battleship (left), cruisers (center) and destroyers (right) moving into lines. U.S. Navy

Fleet maneuvers. Battleship (left), cruisers (center) and destroyers (...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). On this ways are built heavy cruisers and dreadnoughts for the U.S. Navy. Another huge ways is used for construction of destroyers and lighter craft. Setting up of these ways is in itself a major construction job

Shipbuilding (Newport News). On this ways are built heavy cruisers and...

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Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Cabin cruisers and sailboats decorated with lights

Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, w...

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Assault wave, Salerno. Allied troops pour ashore at Salerno, wading through the surf under heavy machine gun and shell fire from hidden enemy positions back of the beaches. One of the landing craft is set aflame by an enemy shell. Another shell just misses an LCVP (landing craft, vehicle personnel) and sends up a plume of smoke and water. Allied cruisers come in close to shore to blast the enemy whose positions are relayed by naval spotters advancing with the landing parties

Assault wave, Salerno. Allied troops pour ashore at Salerno, wading th...

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United States Navy First Class Cruisers New York and Brooklyn / The Werner Company, Akron, O.

United States Navy First Class Cruisers New York and Brooklyn / The We...

The New York (left, in distance) and the Brooklyn (center), at sea, significant ships in the culmination of the Spanish-American War, and fishing boat (right, foreground). 72974 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright... More

Palestine disturbances 1936. Haifa harbour, The S.S. Laurentic which carried the troops, is seen in the distance, cruisers in harbour

Palestine disturbances 1936. Haifa harbour, The S.S. Laurentic which c...

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