Smoke screen over water, circa 1942

black-and-white photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
circa 1942
emulsion on paper
overall: 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 in.

2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch emulsion on paper black-and-white photograph of black smoke over calm seas, circa 1942. The photo was probably taken from the stern of the USS DECATUR which was undergoing smoke screening exercises at sea. A large, thick, trail of black smoke is pictures hovering horizontally over a calm sea. A silouette of another miliary vessel is just visible on the horizon. See Henry Strauss transcript in Sound Archives.


2004.81.12

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