PT 103 launching ceremony / Elco.

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NJ, Bayonne
May 16, 1942
safety film, Kodak # 38
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4X5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons off Bayonne, New Jersey, May 16, 1942. View is of Naval officers saluting plus a woman during the launch ceremony of PT 103. This was a new class of PT boats created by Elco and served as a common pattern for future PT boat construction. Stamped neg. sleeve: 103940F 5/16/42/ Launching of PT-103 at Elco / [Box] 4728". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

PT #103 motor torpedo boat, Elco
1984.187.103940F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection