YMA #53 / Wheeler / launching; sponsor; posed 7-24-42

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Whitestone
July 24, 1942
Kodak safety #121
overall: 5 x 4 in.

4X5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the Wheeler shipyard on July 24, 1942. Image is of YMS-53 on the ways about to be launched with the sponsor and another civilian next to her. Multitple civilians are seen on the ship's deck. Stamped neg. sleeve: "104610F 7/24/42 / Launching at Wheeler of YMS-53 / [Box] 4739". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

YMS 53 yard minesweeper, Wheeler
1984.187.104610F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection