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Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of ruins, historic place, landmark, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard - A black and white photo of a man standing next to a pile of rubble

Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard - A black and white photo of a man standing...

Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], Vol. I, pl. 18. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia / negative by J. Gardner; positive by A. Gardner.

Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia / negative by J. Gardner; positiv...

Photo shows Alfred Waud seated on the ruins of the dock destroyed by the Confederates in 1861. (Source: Library staff, 2009) Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washin... More

Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

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General View of Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia

General View of Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia

No. 29233. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Officer's Quarters, Norfolk Navy Yard - 19th century Virginia.

Officer's Quarters, Norfolk Navy Yard - 19th century Virginia.

No. 970. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Helena, Norfolk Navy Yard - 19th century Virginia.

St. Helena, Norfolk Navy Yard - 19th century Virginia.

No. 724. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Columbia at Norfolk Navy Yard

The Columbia at Norfolk Navy Yard

No. 957. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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, ...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Dry dock no. 2, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

Dry dock no. 2, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

Photo shows the collier USS Ajax in dry dock at the Norfolk Navy Yard. The date is based on the ship's stay at Norfolk from March to October 1901, having been renamed from Scinidia to Ajax in January of that ye... More

Norfolk Navy Yard, torpedo station, Portsmouth, Virginia

Norfolk Navy Yard, torpedo station, Portsmouth, Virginia

Title from jacket. Includes submarine at dock. "G 2525" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033824. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Stone dry dock, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

Stone dry dock, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

Photo shows the gunboat USS Bancroft, possibly in March 1905 when the Bancroft is being decommissioned from the navy and turned over to the US Revenue Cutter Service and renamed Itasca. (Source: C. Seavey, 2017... More

[Norfolk Navy Yard, torpedo station, Portsmouth, Virginia]

[Norfolk Navy Yard, torpedo station, Portsmouth, Virginia]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Great crane, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

The Great crane, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

"G 2524" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018398. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

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, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Great crane, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

The Great crane, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Part of Tract Added to Norfolk Navy Yard

Part of Tract Added to Norfolk Navy Yard

Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard

Battleships and Destroyers at Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA.

Battleships and Destroyers at Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage naval ship postcard.

Dry docks, Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.

Dry docks, Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage naval ship postcard.

Dry docks, Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.

Dry docks, Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage naval ship postcard.

Battleship in dry dock, Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA.

Battleship in dry dock, Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage naval ship postcard.

Battleships and Destroyers at Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA.

Battleships and Destroyers at Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage naval ship postcard.

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are engaged in the welding shop. Welded jointures have many advantages over riveted fittings, and welders are sought in increasing quantities for work on Uncle Sam's growing battle fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are enga...

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). Behind the scaffolding is one of the most powerful ships ever built, the U.S.S. Alabama, which is scheduled to be launched in February, 1941. This 70 milllion dollar super dreadnought is one of several powerful additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly growing fleet under construction at the Norfolk Navy Yard

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Behind the scaffolding is one of the most...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is the sheet aluminum department, where this vital defense metal is cut and stamped for use aboard naval warcraft

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is the sheet aluminum departmen...

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). Right through the metal cute this acetylene torch, directed by the skilled hands of one of the thousands of workers in the yard. This plate will be taken by an overhead crane to the building ways, where it will become a part of one of the Navy's new battlecraft

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Right through the metal cute this ac...

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). These workers are punching stainless steel for use in galleys and mess rooms in naval craft under construction at Norfolk

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These workers are punching stainless...

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). Sandwiches, smokes and soft drinks are available to workers at a number of canteens on the grounds. There are also several cafeterias serving hot meals

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Sandwiches, smokes and soft drinks a...

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

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 per month (July 1941). The project completed on February 1941

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project ...

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). Hundreds of skilled workers are engaged in the welded shop. Welded jointures have many advantages over riveted fittings, and welders are sought in increasing quantities for work on Uncle Sam's growing battle fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are enga...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are engaged in the welded shop. Welded jointures have many advantages over riveted fittings, and welders are sought in increasing quantities for work on Uncle Sam's growing battle fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are enga...

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). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men who...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Rhythm in defense! Music, both popular and classical, news, sports events, and other programs are broadcast all day long to the thousands of workers at the Norfolk Yard. Officials have found that these broadcasts are beneficial to the morale of the men, and cut down the fatigue brought on by difficult or monotonous tasks

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Rhythm in defense! Music, both popul...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge machine shops, where many of the 26,000 workers in the yard fashion metal parts for the ships under construction for the Navy

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge machine shop...

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 welder is torch flaming a part for a new destroyer on the ways at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Riveted joints have been cut down by as much as two-thirds in the last few years, as welding has been developed to a point where it provides equal strength. Welding means less weight and a saving in steel

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This welder is torch flaming a part ...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Huge naval guns are assembled in the gun shop for installation on the warcraft being built here for Uncle Sam's growing Navy

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Huge naval guns are assembled in the...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). The push for the navy is supplied by huge propellers such as these. This four-bladed monster, cast in one place, is being inspected before it is installed on a warship

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). The push for the navy is supplied by...

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

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 a month. The project completed on February, 1941, consists almost entirely of apartment-type dwellings

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project ...

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). Shirley Hogge is listed on the rools as a chipper and caulker, but actually his job is to draw cartoons and safety posters. Most of his posters are on the all-important subject of safety on the job. He is believed to be the only cartoonist employed in a government navy yard

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Shirley Hogge is listed on the rools...

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). The welder is a valuable man in our defense industries. This one is working on the bow section of a new destroyer for Uncle Sam's Navy. Welding insures durability, cuts down weight and means a considerable saving in steel

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). The welder is a valuable man in our ...

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). Hundreds of skilled workers are engaged in the welding shop. Welded jointures have many advantages over riveted fittings, and welders are sought in increasing quantities for work on Uncle Sam's growing battle fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are enga...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge machine shops, where many of the 26,000 workers in the yard fashion metal parts for the ships under construction for the Navy. Heavy anchor chains are among the parts produced here, and powerful presses are used in the various machining operations

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge machine shop...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge machine shops, where many of the 26,000 workers in the yard fashion metal parts for the ships under construction for the Navy

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge machine shop...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Manpower for defense is the specialty of the worker with the sledge hammer, about to pound a ship's plate. The sledge hammer is still an important tool in the production of Uncle Sam's new battle fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Manpower for defense is the specialt...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men who...

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). One of the major advances in shipbuilding during the last few years has been the substitution of welding for rivets in a number of vital parts of warcraft. Welding means much less weight and much less steel for each ship. This welder, working on the nose section of a new destroyer, is one of hundreds working on vessels under construction at Norfolk

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). One of the major advances in shipbui...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men who...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge machine shops, where many of the 26,000 workers in the yard fashion metal parts for the ships under construction for the Navy. Heavy anchor chains are among the parts produced here, and powerful presses are used in the various machining operations

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge machine shop...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 per month. The project completed on February 1941

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project ...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out to lunch, then back to work on ships for the defense of America. These are workers in the plate shop, where steel plate is fashioned for Uncle Sam's warcraft. There are several cafeterias on the grounds

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out to lunch, then back to 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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out for lunch, then back to work on ships for the defense of America. These are workers in the plate shop, where steel plate is fashioned for Uncle Sam's warcraft. There are several cafeterias on the grounds

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out for lunch, then back to wor...

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). Hundreds of skilled workers are engaged in the welded shop. Welded jointures have many advantages over riveted fittings, and welders are sought in increasing quantities for work on Uncle Sam's growing battle fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are enga...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These men are putting in some of the hundreds of thousands of rivets on the huge 70 milion dollar battleship U.S.S. Alabama, under construction at the Norfolk Yard. The ship is scheduled for launching in February 1942

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These men are putting in some of the...

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). Hundreds of skilled workers are engaged in the welded shop. Welded jointures have many advantages over riveted fittings, and welders are sought in increasing quantities for work on Uncle Sam's growing battle fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are enga...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men who...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men who...

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). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men who...

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). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men who...

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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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are engaged in the welded shop. Welded jointures have many advantages over riveted fittings, and welders are sought in increasing quantities for work on Uncle Sam's growing battle fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are enga...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These workers are punching stainless steel for use in galleys and mess rooms in naval craft under construction at Norfolk

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These workers are punching stainless...

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

War housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 a month. The project completed on February, 1941, consists almost entirely of apartment-type dwellings

War housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to h...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Sandwiches, smokes and soft drinks are available to workers at a number of canteens on the grounds. There are also several cafeterias serving hot meals

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Sandwiches, smokes and soft drinks 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

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 (Norfolk Navy Yard). These workers are punching stainless steel for use in galleys and mess rooms in naval craft under construction at Norfolk

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These workers are punching stainless...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Power for defense is the specialty of this worker in the plate shaping shop. The sledgehammer is still an important tool in the building of ships for Uncle Sam's giant new fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Power for defense is the specialty o...

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). Tedious and exacting is the work of this highly skilled machinist. He is shaping a ship's plate, a difficult operation which must be accurate to the "nth" degree

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Tedious and exacting is the work 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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This speaker is installed in the steel framework of the ways on which the huge new battleship U.S.S. Alabama is being rushed to completion at a cost of more than 70 million dollars. This super dreadnought will be launched in February, 1942

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This speaker is installed in the ste...

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). It's lunch time, and thousands of workers are taking their thirty minutes of recreation. To the left are two ships in for minor repairs, while in the background are a pair of huge overhead cranes used to swing heavy parts into position for the various shipbuilding operations

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). It's lunch time, and thousands of wo...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out for lunch, then back to work on ships for the defense of America. These are workers in the plate shop, where steel plate is fashioned for Uncle Sam's warcraft. There are several cafeterias on the grounds

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out for lunch, then back to wor...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Manpower for defense is the specialty of the worker with the sledge hammer, about to pound a ship's plate. The sledge hammer is still an important tool in the production of Uncle Sam's new battle fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Manpower for defense is the specialt...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men who...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). The welder is a valuable man in our defense industries. This one is working on the bow section of a new destroyer for Uncle Sam's Navy. Welding insures durability, cuts down weight and means a considerable saving in steel

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). The welder is a valuable man in our ...

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

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...

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

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out to lunch, then back to work on ships for the defense of America. These are workers in the plate shop, where steel plate is fashioned for Uncle Sam's warcraft. There are several cafeterias on the grounds

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out to lunch, then back to work...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This worker is in the plate-bender's shop, where steel plates are bent to fit the sidings of warcraft under construction. This is an operation requiring a high degree of skill

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This worker is in the plate-bender's...

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Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 a month. The project completed on February, 1941, consists almost entirely of apartment-type dwellings

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project ...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Rhythm in defense! Music, both popular and classical, news, sports events, and other programs are broadcast all day long to the thousands of workers at the Norfolk Yard. Officials have found that these broadcasts are beneficial to the morale of the men, and cut down the fatigue brought on by difficult or monotonous tasks

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Rhythm in defense! Music, both popul...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This worker is in the plate-bender's shop, where steel plates are bent to fit the sidings of warcraft under construction. This is an operation requiring a high degree of skill

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This worker is in the plate-bender's...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These men are putting in some of the hundreds of thousands of rivets on the huge 70 milion dollar battleship U.S.S. Alabama, under construction at the Norfolk Yard. The ship is scheduled for launching in February 1942

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These men are putting in some of the...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Tedious and exacting is the work of this highly skilled machinist. He is shaping a ship's plate, a difficult operation which must be accurate to the "nth" degree

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Tedious and exacting is the work of ...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are engaged in the welding shop. Welded jointures have many advantages over riveted fittings, and welders are sought in increasing quantities for work on Uncle Sam's growing battle fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are enga...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are engaged in the welding shop. Welded jointures have many advantages over riveted fittings, and welders are sought in increasing quantities for work on Uncle Sam's growing battle fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are enga...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). One of the major advances in shipbuilding during the last few years has been the substitution of welding for rivets in a number of vital parts of warcraft. Welding means much less weight and much less steel for each ship. This welder, working on the nose section of a new destroyer, is one of hundreds working on vessels under construction at Norfolk

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). One of the major advances in shipbui...

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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...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These workers are punching stainless steel for use in galleys and mess rooms in naval craft under construction at Norfolk

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These workers are punching stainless...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge cranes used to transport heavy parts and sections from one part of the yard to another. Cranes such as these take sections from the various structural shops to the buildings ways

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge cranes used ...

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Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 per month (July 1941). The project completed on February 1941

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project ...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men who...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This welder is torch flaming a part for a new destroyer on the ways at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Riveted joints have been cut down by as much as two-thirds in the last few years, as welding has been developed to a point where it provides equal strength. Welding means less weight and a saving in steel

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This welder is torch flaming a part ...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are engaged in the welded shop. Welded jointures have many advantages over riveted fittings, and welders are sought in increasing quantities for work on Uncle Sam's growing battle fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are enga...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This speaker is installed in the steel framework of the ways on which the huge new battleship U.S.S. Alabama is being rushed to completion at a cost of more than 70 million dollars. This super dreadnought will be launched in February, 1942

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This speaker is installed in the ste...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge cranes used to transport heavy parts and sections from one part of the yard to another. Cranes such as these take sections from the various structural shops to the buildings ways

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge cranes used ...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men who...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is the sheet aluminum department, where this vital defense metal is cut and stamped for use aboard naval warcraft.

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is the sheet aluminum departmen...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Repair work is done at Norfolk too. Here is a giant tanker, laid up for minor repairs

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Repair work is done at Norfolk too. ...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). The push for the navy is supplied by huge propellers such as these. This four-bladed monster, cast in one place, is being inspected before it is installed on a warship

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). The push for the navy is supplied by...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one one-thousandth of the manpower engaged in the construction of Uncle Sam's new 70,000,000 battleship the USS Alabama, which is scheduled to be launched in February, 1942. Approximately 3000 men are working to complete this mighty mistress of the seas. The men above are skilled shipfitters

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one one-thousandth of the ma...

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