brass marking plate

PLAQUES
USA, NY, New York; France, Saint Nazaire
1935
1.13 x 5.38 x 0

Brass engineering marking plate from World War II troop transport ship LAFAYETTE (AP 53), ex NORMANDIE; reads, in French "VAPEUR SOUTIRAGE", or steam release; taken from ship during salvage, 1947.


1998.39.2

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