About This Item
- TitleNew York Naval Shipyard visit
- Call NumberNEIG_2365
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2367, NEIG 2366), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three images. Caption: "The 80-man Production Executive Committee of the Defense Production Administration visits the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn as part of a tour of major Armed Forces installations in the United States. Additional captions: 2365: "Here members of the committee descend a ladder into the snorkel submarine Sea Robin (SS-407), tied up in the shipyard." 2366: "Members of the committee leave the aircraft carrier USS Antietam which will have installed on it a safety device at the shipyard." 2367: "Rear Admiral Roy T. Cowdrey, USN, left, Commander of the Shipyard, points out alterations made on the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Bennington to members of the committee. Standing with the admiral are (from left): Earl D. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Army; H. R. Askins, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Hugh T. Dean, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense." The images are not dated.
- Date[194-?]
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteTitle from typed captions on versos.
- CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
- SubjectUnited States. Army -- Officers -- New York (State) -- New York ; United States. Navy -- Officers -- New York (State) -- New York ; New York Naval Shipyard ; Aircraft carriers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Submarines (Ships) -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York, N.Y.)
- RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.