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Production. Small ramp boats. A thirty-six-foot wooden ramp boat, just completed at a Southern shipyard, in tow of a fast power launch. The high bottom-hinged stern of this boat is used as a ramp to make beach landings of men and equipment. Higgins Industries

Production. Small ramp boats. A thirty-six-foot wooden ramp boat, just...

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Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a Southern shipyard. In addition to wooden torpedo boats, the yard also turns out many steel boats for the Navy. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands ...

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Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Setting deck beam sections for a new seventy-eight-foot motor torpedo boat at a large Southern shipyard. These fast boats are built of prefabricated parts and sections under roof. When the hulls are ready for launching and fitting they are moved from the plant to nearby water. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Setting deck beam sections f...

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Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Setting deck beam sections for a new seventy-eight-foot motor torpedo boat at a large Southern shipyard. These fast boats are built of prefabricated parts and sections under roof. When the hulls are ready for launching and fitting they are moved from the plant to nearby water. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Setting deck beam sections f...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a large building. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a large building. Office of War Information...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Small ramp boats. A tow of wooden ramp boats used for landing men and equipment on beaches. These thirty-six-foot boats, just launched at a large Southern shipyard, will soon be delivered to the Navy. The high bottom-hinged sterns of these boats are used as ramps to make fast, dryshod landings at beach locations of any kind. Higgins Industries

Production. Small ramp boats. A tow of wooden ramp boats used for land...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Applying planking to a new seventy-eight-foot torpedo boat in a large Southern shipyard. The hulls of these speedy wooden boats are built indoors of prefabricated parts and sections, and are then moved to nearby water for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Applying planking to a new s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats f...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Small ramp boats. A thirty-six-foot wooden ramp boat, just completed at a Southern shipyard, in tow of a fast power launch. The high bottom-hinged stern of this boat is used as a ramp to make beach landings of men and equipment. Higgins Industries

Production. Small ramp boats. A thirty-six-foot wooden ramp boat, just...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of a man holding a baby. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man holding a baby. Office of War Informa...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Frames for motor torpedo boats under construction at a large Southern shipyard. These speedy seventy-eight-foot boats are built of prefabricated parts and sections under roof. When ready for launching and fitting they are moved to nearby water. In the right foreground is the side of a steel tank carrier, one of many being built at this yard. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Frames for motor torpedo boa...

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Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Prefabricated frame sections of a new seventy-eight-foot wooden torpedo boat are joined to the keel at a Southern shipyard. Many speedy motor-driven fighters of this class are built here indoors, of ready-made sections. The completed hulls are then moved to nearby water for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Prefabricated frame sections...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats f...

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Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a Southern shipyard. In addition to wooden torpedo boats, the yard also turns out many steel boats for the Navy. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats f...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter came out of retirement to help build subchasers at a Southern shipyard. At the pipe-bending job he is doing, and at other jobs, he has helped the yard win the coveted Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter ca...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Planking a new seventy-eight-foot motor torpedo boat at a large Southern shipyard. These speedy wooden vessels are built of prefabricated parts and sections under roof. When the hull is ready for launching and fitting it is removed from the plant to nearby water. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Planking a new seventy-eight...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a Southern shipyard. In addition to wooden torpedo boats, the yard also turns out many steel boats for the Navy. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Small ramp boats. Small wooden ramp boats for landing men and equipment on beaches, under construction at a Southern shipyard. The frames of these thirty-six-foot carriers are made of prefabricated parts and sections. The completed boats are launched by crane and delivered in tows of six to eight. Higgins Industries

Production. Small ramp boats. Small wooden ramp boats for landing men ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of a man with a pipe in his mouth. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man with a pipe in his mouth. Office of W...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Dressing down a key on a propeller shaft that will transmit the driving power of a new motor torpedo boat. The big Southern shipyard where many of these speedy wooden fighters are built also produces steel boats for the Navy

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Dressing down a key on a pro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Mounting a torpedo tube on a new wooden motor torpedo boat under construction at a big Southern shipyard. This yard also produces steel boats for the Navy. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Mounting a torpedo tube on a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Small ramp boats. Small wooden ramp boats for landing men and equipment on beaches, under construction at a Southern shipyard. The frames of these thirty-six-foot carriers are made of prefabricated parts and sections. The completed boats are launched by crane and delivered in tows of six to eight. Higgins Industries

Production. Small ramp boats. Small wooden ramp boats for landing men ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Negro carpenter working on the framing of a motor torpedo boat at a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built indoors of prefabricated parts and sections. When the hulls are ready for launching and fitting they are moved from the plant to nearby water. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Negro carpenter working on...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Subchasers. Galvanizing nuts and bolts for use on subchasers under construction in a Southern shipyard. This man used to run a printing shop and tourist camp. Now, as a galvanizer and also a welder, he has helped the shipyard earn the coveted Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. Galvanizing nuts and bolts for use on subchase...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats f...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man working on a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a piece of wood. Office of...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

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Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Prefabricated sections of a new seventy-eight-foot motor torpedo boat are clamped in place at a large Southern shipyard. The hulls of these speedy boats are built indoors and are then moved to nearby water for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Prefabricated sections of a ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Negro carpenter at a Southern shipyard runs a heavy plank through a power saw. He works on the building of seventy-eight-foot wooden torpedo boats which are produced in great numbers at this yard. The hulls of these speedy motor-driven boats are built indoors, of prefabricated parts and sections, and are then moved to neaby water for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Negro carpenter at a South...

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Production. Small ramp boats. A tow of wooden ramp boats used for landing men and equipment on beaches. These thirty-six-foot boats, just launched at a large Southern shipyard, will soon be delivered to the Navy. The high bottom-hinged sterns of these boats are used as ramps to make fast, dry-shod landings at beach locations of any kind. Higgins Industries

Production. Small ramp boats. A tow of wooden ramp boats used for land...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Prefabricated sections of a new seventy-eight-foot motor torpedo boat are clamped in place at a large Southern shipyard. The hulls of these speedy boats are built indoors and are then moved to nearby water for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Prefabricated sections of a ...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats f...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Subchasers. This machinist's helper in a Southern shipyard now building subchasers learned his new shop duties so rapidly that he is credited as one of the men who helped the yard to earn the Navy "E." Like others in this shop, he had no previous experience in his present work

Production. Subchasers. This machinist's helper in a Southern shipyard...

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Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a Southern shipyard. In addition to wooden torpedo boats, the yard also turns out many steel boats for the Navy. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands ...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter came out of retirement to help build subchasers at a Southern shipyard. At the pipe-bending job he is doing, and at other jobs, he has helped the yard win the coveted Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter ca...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Checking a prefabricated section for a wooden torpedo boat at a Southern shipyard. Many fast seventy-eight-foot motor driven boats of this class are built here indoors, of ready-made sections. The completed hulls are then moved to nearby water for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Checking a prefabricated sec...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a Southern shipyard. In addition to wooden torpedo boats, the yard also turns out many steel boats for the Navy. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats f...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats f...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats f...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats f...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Training. Ramp boats. The Marines prepare to set a truck ashore from a fifty-foot ramp boat at a Navy school conducted by the Southern shipyard at which the boat was made. When the ramp is raised it closes tightly against the boat, making it entirely seaworthy. Higgins Industries

Training. Ramp boats. The Marines prepare to set a truck ashore from a...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a truck, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Hand trades are important in the building of wooden boats for the Navy. This man working with a chisel on a beam of a motor torpedo boat in a Southern shipyard performs an essential war task. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Hand trades are important in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats f...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. Soon they'll be part of a fighting ship. These steel and copper tubing shapes will be installed in U.S. Navy vessels now under construction in a Southern shipyard

Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. Soon they'll be part of a fightin...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of a man cutting a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man cutting a piece of wood. Office of Wa...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of a man working on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a boat. Office of War Info...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Dressing down a key on a propeller shaft that will transmit the driving power of a new motor torpedo boat. The big Southern shipyard where many of these speedy wooden fighters are built also produces steel boats for the Navy

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Dressing down a key on a pro...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter came out of retirement to help build subchasers at a Southern shipyard. At the pipe-bending job he is doing, and at other jobs, he has helped the yard win the coveted Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter ca...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Hand trades are important in the building of wooden boats for the Navy. This man working with a chisel on a beam of a motor torpedo boat in a Southern shipyard performs an essential war task. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Hand trades are important in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Mounting a torpedo tube on a new wooden motor torpedo boat under construction at a big Southern shipyard. This yard also produces steel boats for the Navy. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Mounting a torpedo tube on a...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a Southern shipyard. In addition to wooden torpedo boats, the yard also turns out many steel boats for the Navy. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Setting deck beam sections for a new seventy-eight-foot motor torpedo boat at a large Southern shipyard. These fast boats are built of prefabricated parts and sections under roof. When the hulls are ready for launching and fitting they are moved from the plant to nearby water. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Setting deck beam sections f...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Planking a new seventy-eight-foot motor torpedo boat at a large Southern shipyard. These speedy wooden vessels are built of prefabricated parts and sections under roof. When the hull is ready for launching and fitting it is removed from the plant to nearby water. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Planking a new seventy-eight...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Ramp boats. Launching a wooden ramp boat by crane at a Southern shipyard. These twenty-six-foot carriers, built of prefabricated sections, are used for making beach landings of men and equipment. They are delivered from the shipyard in tows of six to eight boats. Higgins Industries

Production. Ramp boats. Launching a wooden ramp boat by crane at a Sou...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Negro carpenter working on the framing of a motor torpedo boat at a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built indoors of prefabricated parts and sections. When the hulls are ready for launching and fitting they are moved from the plant to nearby water. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Negro carpenter working on...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Subchasers. The foreman of the machine shop of a Southern shipyard gives some pointers on the operation of an electric power-cutter to a machinist helper. This foreman is one of the men who made it possible for the yard to fly the Navy "E" for its excellent performance on the building of a number of subchasers

Production. Subchasers. The foreman of the machine shop of a Southern ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Subchasers. An old ship fitter comes out of retirement, and fisherman leaves the sea, to help build subchasers at a Southern shipyard. At the pipe-bending job they are doing together, and at other jobs, they have helped the yard win the coveted Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. An old ship fitter comes out of retirement, an...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter came out of retirement to help build subchasers at a Southern shipyard. At the pipe-bending job he is doing, and at other jobs, he has helped the yard win the coveted Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter ca...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Small ramp boats. Fitting and painting small wooden ramp boats at a Southern shipyard. These thirty-six-foot carriers, built of prefabricated sections, are used for making beach landings of men and equipment. The completed boats are launched by crane and delivered in tows of six to eight. Higgins Industries

Production. Small ramp boats. Fitting and painting small wooden ramp b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Subchasers. Galvanizing nuts and bolts for use on subchasers under construction in a Southern shipyard. This man used to run a printing shop and tourist camp. Now, as a galvanizer and also a welder, he has helped the shipyard earn the coveted Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. Galvanizing nuts and bolts for use on subchase...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Subchasers. An old ship fitter comes out of retirement, and fisherman leaves the sea, to help build subchasers at a Southern shipyard. At the pipe-bending job they are doing together, and at other jobs, they have helped the yard win the coveted Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. An old ship fitter comes out of retirement, an...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Subchasers. These two men, cutting steel for the making of subchasers in a Southern shipyard, knew nothing of their new trade a short time ago. One was a farmer, the other an engineer on a fishing boat. Both were trained at the shipyard which they have since helped to earn the Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. These two men, cutting steel for the making of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Checking a prefabricated section for a wooden torpedo boat at a Southern shipyard. Many fast seventy-eight-foot motor driven boats of this class are built here indoors, of ready-made sections. The completed hulls are then moved to nearby water for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Checking a prefabricated sec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a boat being unloaded. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a boat being unloaded. Office of War Inform...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Corrected title information source: Charley Seavey, 2017. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. Subchasers. The foreman of the machine shop of a Southern shipyard gives some pointers on the operation of an electric power-cutter to a machinist helper. This foreman is one of the men who made it possible for the yard to fly the Navy "E" for its excellent performance on the building of a number of subchasers

Production. Subchasers. The foreman of the machine shop of a Southern ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats f...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of a boat on the beach. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a boat on the beach. Office of War Informat...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Subchasers. This machinist's helper in a Southern shipyard now building subchasers learned his new shop duties so rapidly that he is credited as one of the men who helped the yard to earn the Navy "E." Like others in this shop, he had no previous experience in his present work

Production. Subchasers. This machinist's helper in a Southern shipyard...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Ramp boats. Launching a wooden ramp boat by crane at a Southern shipyard. These twenty-six-foot carriers, built of prefabricated sections, are used for making beach landings of men and equipment. They are delivered from the shipyard in tows of six to eight boats. Higgins Industries

Production. Ramp boats. Launching a wooden ramp boat by crane at a Sou...

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Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A new seventy-eight-foot wooden torpedo boat ready for launching at a Southern shipyard. It was built indoors, of prefabricated parts and sections, and is now being moved to nearby water

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A new seventy-eight-foot woo...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Setting deck beam sections for a new seventy-eight-foot motor torpedo boat at a large Southern shipyard. These fast boats are built of prefabricated parts and sections under roof. When the hulls are ready for launching and fitting they are moved from the plant to nearby water. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Setting deck beam sections f...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Small ramp boats. A new wooden ramp boat, just completed at a Southern shipyard, is swung aboard a freighter for delivery to the Navy. The bottom-hinged sterns of these boats are used as ramps to make fast, dry landings of men and equipment at beach locations of any kind. Higgins Industries

Production. Small ramp boats. A new wooden ramp boat, just completed a...

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Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. Father and son working together for victory. Clyde Bryant and son William worked on a farm before the war. Now they fit copper tubing for Navy vessels at a Southern shipyard

Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. Father and son working together f...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Training. Ramp boats. A fifty-foot steel ramp boat capable of landing tanks and large forces of men at beach positions. The large gate-like section facing the beach is hinged to drop forward on the sand and form a ramp for the passage of men and equipment. The Southern shipyard that makes these boats cooperates in the training of crews

Training. Ramp boats. A fifty-foot steel ramp boat capable of landing ...

Public domain photograph of a boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description