PT 131 launching at Elco, boat just lowered into water, starboard bow view

black-and -white negative; safety negative

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

4X5 safety negatvie photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons off Bayone, New Jersey, August 26, 1942. Image is of PT 131 being lowered into the water prior to the launching ceremony. Veiw is from the starboard bow view. Elco manufacturing buildings are in the background. Stamped neg. sleeve: "104988F AUG 26 1942 / ELECTRIC BOAT COMPANY / ELCO NAVAL DIVSION / BAYONNE, N.J. / E PRES & PT 131 LAUNCHING / [Box] 4745". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

PT 131 motor torpedo boat, Elco
1984.187.104988F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection