AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE AMERICAN CARGO VESSEL PIERRE L'ENFANT. SHE IS A LIBERTY SHIP WHICH ...

Place North & Central America: United States of America
Accession Number 303787
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 BOW VIEW OF THE AMERICAN CARGO VESSEL PIERRE L'ENFANT. SHE IS A LIBERTY SHIP WHICH WAS GIVEN A LIMITED TROOP TRANSPORT CAPACITY. SHE IS ARMED WITH A 5 INCH GUN AFT, A 3 INCH ANTI AIRCRAFT (AA) GUN IN THE BOWS AND 20MM OERLIKON AA GUNS ABREAST THE FOREMAST AND IN THE CORNERS OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AMIDSHIPS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)