Photo Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2006.001.353 |
Object Name |
Print, photographic |
Description |
Army mine layer "General Absalom Baird" at Fort Constitution Wharf, ca. 1941. Carried loaded mines to the mine fields and deposited the mines in position. Was used during the 1930s and 1940s by all New England Harbor Defenses. |
Collection |
New Castle Town Office |
Search Terms |
Baird (mine layer) Fort Constitution |
Subjects |
Ships Wharves Forts & fortifications World War II Mine warfare |
Caption |
Mine layer "Baird" |
Year Range from |
1940 |
Year Range to |
1942 |