Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Scans of this boat manufacturing activity prior to the national emergency was used solely as a gymnaium and recreation center for plant employees.

Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. by women workers.

The building of assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries Creator(s)

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Women workers apply preservative waterproof paint to bottom of boat which is nearing completion. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio Creator(s): Palmer, Alfred T., photographer Related Names: United States. Office for Emergency Management. Dat

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden).

Production. Small ramp boats. Small wooden ramp boats for landing men and equipment on beaches, under construction at a Southern shipyard. The frames of these thirty-six-foot carriers are made of prefabricated parts and sections. The completed boats are launched by crane and delivered in tows of six

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Planking a new seventy-eight-foot motor torpedo boat at a large Southern shipyard. These speedy wooden vessels are built of prefabricated parts and sections under roof. When the hull is ready for launching and fitting it is removed from the plant to nearby w

New Orleans, Louisiana. Ramp boats under construction at the Higgins shipyards