Sailors posing with life ring from USS DECATUR, circa 1941

black-and-white photograph

Photograph; black-and-white photograph of sailors posing with a life ring from DECATUR (built 1921), circa 1941; one sailor crouched down holding ring, other sailor is standing, bent over at waist; stamped on back "417"; from Henry Strauss transcript in Sound Archives: "That's on the DECATUR, on the reserve cruise."