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New York Naval Shipyard visit

Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2366, NEIG 2365), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three images. Caption: "The 80-man Production Executive Committee of the Defense Production Administration visits the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn as part of a tour of major Armed Forces installations in the United States. Additional captions: 2365: "Here members of the committee descend a ladder into the snorkel submarine Sea Robin (SS-407), tied up in the shipyard." 2366: "Members of the committee leave the aircraft carrier USS Antietam which will have installed on it a safety device at the shipyard." 2367: "Rear Admiral Roy T. Cowdrey, USN, left, Commander of the Shipyard, points out alterations made on the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Bennington to members of the committee. Standing with the admiral are (from left): Earl D. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Army; H. R. Askins, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Hugh T. Dean, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense." The images are not dated.

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