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Little but tough. Skilled carpenters working on a 26-foot whaleboat, one of the small but necessary units to bring the two-ocean Navy up to full defensive strength. Work like this is being rushed at an eastern Navy yard

Little but tough. Skilled carpenters working on a 26-foot whaleboat, o...

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.

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard) This man is a structural steel worker, one of the thousands of highly skilled workers whose brains and brawn are fashioning for Uncle Sam's new two-ocean Navy, the finest fleet of warcraft the world has ever seen

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard) This man is a structural steel worker...

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.

Tons of big guns for the Navy. Getting ready to finish the last of this row of big guns at an eastern Navy yard. The guns have to be shifted by overhead pulleys. This is part of the Navy's war program to provide a two-ocean Navy.

Tons of big guns for the Navy. Getting ready to finish the last of thi...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Here is driving power for the Navy, a group propeller shafts waiting for installation in new destroyers for our two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Here is driving power for the Navy, a gro...

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

Shipbuilding (Newport News). There are many complicated machining operations involved in the production of ships for our two-ocean Navy. This skilled worker is one of thousands at the Newport News ways

Shipbuilding (Newport News). There are many complicated machining oper...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, industrial equipment, engine, generator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A forest of drills for the Navy. A few of the drills at work in an eastern Navy arsenal. Production has been speeded up to equip our two-ocean Navy

A forest of drills for the Navy. A few of the drills at work in an eas...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our new two-ocean navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard) This man is a structural steel worker, one of the thousands of highly skilled workers whose brains and brawn are fashioning for Uncle Sam's new two-ocean Navy, the finest fleet of warcraft the world has ever seen

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard) This man is a structural steel worker...

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

Little but tough. Skilled carpenters working on a 26-foot whaleboat, one of the small but necessary units to bring the two-ocean Navy up to full defensive strength. Work like this is being rushed at an eastern Navy yard

Little but tough. Skilled carpenters working on a 26-foot whaleboat, o...

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

Brass for cartridges. Rolling out brass slabs is one of the first processes in manufacturing cartridge cases. The work is being performed at one of eleven Navy arsenals which are working at top speed to furnish ammunition for our two-ocean Navy

Brass for cartridges. Rolling out brass slabs is one of the first proc...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Through the scaffolding may be seen the prow of a battleship under construction. The Norfolk-Newport News section of Virginia is contributing a large portion of the new tonnage of our rapidly expanding two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Through the scaffolding may be seen the p...

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

Power for torpedoes. Torpedo bulkhead on the heavy lathe at an eastern Navy arsenal. Production has speeded up to twenty-four hours a day for our two-ocean Navy

Power for torpedoes. Torpedo bulkhead on the heavy lathe at an eastern...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This group of four of the 3,000 workers are engaged in building the huge 70 milllion dollar battleship Alabama, is working on the superstructure of the vessel, which will make a huge addition to the U.S. two-ocean Navy when it is launched in February 1942

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This group of four of the 3,000 work...

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

Outpost of democracy's arsenal. Gate of an eastern Navy yard, a well-guarded portal behind which units of Uncle Sam's two-ocean Navy are being rushed to completion

Outpost of democracy's arsenal. Gate of an eastern Navy yard, a well-g...

Public domain photograph of a historic place in New York, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tons of big guns for the Navy. Row of partly-finished guns in an eastern Navy yard. Heavy guns have to be shifted by overhead pulleys. This is part of the program to provide a two-ocean Navy

Tons of big guns for the Navy. Row of partly-finished guns in an easte...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Another "Line of Defense." The lunch-time whistle blows and workers file from an eastern Navy yard for re-fuelling during the dailey break in building ships and supplies for the two-ocean Navy

Another "Line of Defense." The lunch-time whistle blows and workers fi...

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

Stout cloth for a stout purpose. Bolts of canvas, piled high at an eastern Navy yard will soon be turned in deck awnings, hammocks and accessories as our Fleet grows into a two-ocean Navy

Stout cloth for a stout purpose. Bolts of canvas, piled high at an eas...

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

Stout cloth for a stout purpose. Bolts of canvas, piled high at an eastern Navy yard will soon be turned in deck awnings, hammocks and accessories as our Fleet grows into a two-ocean Navy

Stout cloth for a stout purpose. Bolts of canvas, piled high at an eas...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Cartridge drawing machine. Skilled worker drawing a five-inch cartridge case for the big anti-aircraft guns. The yard in which this work is performed is one of eleven Navy arsenals which are working at top speed to furnish ammunition needed for our two-ocean Navy

Cartridge drawing machine. Skilled worker drawing a five-inch cartridg...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Tons of big guns for the Navy. Getting ready to finish the last of this row of big guns at an eastern Navy yard. The guns have to be shifted by overhead pulleys. This is part of the Navy's war program to provide a two-ocean Navy

Tons of big guns for the Navy. Getting ready to finish the last of thi...

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

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our new two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are...

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

Shipbuilding (Newport News). There are many complicated machining operations involved in the production of ships for our two-ocean Navy. This skilled worker is one of thousands at the Newport News ways

Shipbuilding (Newport News). There are many complicated machining oper...

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

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Through the scaffolding may be seen the prow of a battleship under construction. The Norfolk-Newport News section of Virginia is contributing a large portion of the new tonnage of our rapidly expanding two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Through the scaffolding may be seen the p...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Ready for 1000 pounds of TNT. Checking up on torpedo parts which are being turned out at top speed for the two-ocean Navy at an eastern Navy arsenal

Ready for 1000 pounds of TNT. Checking up on torpedo parts which are b...

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

Drawing of a cartridge case. Skilled worker drawing a five-inch cartridge case for the big anti-aircraft guns. The yard in which the work is performed is one of eleven Navy yard arsenals which are working at top speed to furnish ammunition needed for our two-ocean Navy

Drawing of a cartridge case. Skilled worker drawing a five-inch cartri...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This group of four of the 3,000 workers are engaged in building the huge 70 milllion dollar battleship Alabama, is working on the superstructure of the vessel, which will make a huge addition to the U.S. two-ocean Navy when it is launched in February 1942

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This group of four of the 3,000 work...

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.

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are...

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

Ready for 1000 pounds of TNT. Checking up on torpedo parts which are being turned out at top speed for the two-ocean Navy at an eastern Navy arsenal

Ready for 1000 pounds of TNT. Checking up on torpedo parts which are b...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More