US submarine on the slip

Place Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle
Accession Number ART21272
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 46.9 x 52 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description conte crayon on paper
Maker Norton, Frank
Place made Australia: Western Australia, Fremantle
Date made 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

SS GAR (SS 206) one of the latest type of American submarines, and possibly one of the heaviest vessels to be placed on this slip-way, receiving the last touches of paint while the dockside cranes remove the scaffolding in preparation for unslipping, Fremantle, Western Australia.