PT 131 launching ceremony with close up; group shot of sponsor with group of Naval Officers

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NJ, Bayonne
August 26, 1942
Kodak safety #121
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4X5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons off Bayonne, New Jersey, August 26, 1942. Image is of three Naval Officers and the sponsor with flowers during the christening ceremony of PT 131. Srtamped neg. sleeve: "104997F / AUG 26 1942 /ELECTRIC BOAT C0MPANY / ELCO NAVAL DIVSION / BAYONNE, N.J. / E PRES & P.T. 131 LAUNCHING / [Box] 4745". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

PT 131 motor torpedo boat, #131
1984.187.104997F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection