New Mosquito Boat gets a tryout. Washington, D.C., June 19. The PT-9, first of the new 'Mosquito Boats' to be delivered to the U.S. Navy under the President's $15,000,000 experimental small craft program had a preview for the press today. This is the same type of boat that the government is in proce
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- 1940
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- Harris & Ewing
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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"New Mosquito Boat gets a tryout. Washington, D.C., June 19. The PT-9, first of the new 'Mosquito Boats' to be delivered to the U.S. Navy under the President's $15,000,000 experimental small craft program had a preview for the press today. This is the same type of boat that the government is in proce" (1940). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Mosquito_Boat_gets_a_tryout._Washington,_D.C.,_June_19._The_PT-9,_first_of_the_new_%27Mosquito_Boats%27_to_be_delivered_to_the_U.S._Navy_under_the_President%27s_$15,000,000_experimental_small_LCCN2016877772.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 290439.
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