AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE AMERICAN CARGO VESSEL LINCOLN VICTORY. NOTE THE 5 INCH GUN AFT AND ...

Place North & Central America: United States of America
Accession Number 303539
Collection type Photograph
Object type Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Physical description Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE AMERICAN CARGO VESSEL LINCOLN VICTORY. NOTE THE 5 INCH GUN AFT AND THE 3 INCH AA GUN FORWARD. 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS ARE SITED BY THE FOREMAST, AT THE CORNERS OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND AFT. DECK CARGO OCCUPIES ALL AVAILABLE DECK SPACE, NECESSITATING THE RIGGING OF CATWALKS TO ALLOW MOVEMENT AROUND THE SHIP. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)