PATROL VESSEL (PC-543) UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN DEFOE SHIPYARD, MICHIGAN Part 1

Description

1) GV Submarine chasers upside down; completed hull being rolled over on roliers. (SV)2) CU Tracks for rolling hull over.3) LS View of DeFoe shipyard; workmen.4) CU Workmen welding on deck of PC boat.5) LS PC 543 on ways preparing for launch; cranes hoisting completed superstructure and placing it on deck of ship. (SV)6) CU Workmen welding on deck. (SV)7) GV Workmen and crane hoisting large section of bulkhead in place.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities