Tank Lighters at Boston Navy Yard
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Ceramic Mug · White · 11 oz
A cup at the kitchen table gives the morning a small pause. Rails and hulls stand with the harbor beyond in the Boston Navy Yard tank-lighter scene, putting construction equipment and completed small craft together.
The navy caption identifies 50-foot LCM(3) tank lighters, completed August 1942; rails, hulls and harbor beyond. The yard's piers and buildings connect this particular view to Boston's history of shipbuilding, repair and harbor work. They preserve a working waterfront at the time of the source.
The tank lighters connect the waterfront with a particular kind of naval craft, keeping the yard's production work visible at the scale of its hulls and rails. Give it a place near the tea or coffee, so the local view is ready for the cups that come around each day.
$18.99
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- 11oz / White
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- FH-BULK-BOSTON-FX71BP76C-1244-94262-COLOR-R1
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Historical sources
Source credit and attribution
Source: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:fx71bp76c
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Product details and care
Size/capacity: 11 oz; approximately 3.80 inches high × 3.23 inches diameter
Care: Hand wash only.
Supplier specifications: https://printify.com/app/products/1244/generic-brand/white-ceramic-mug-11oz
Original product information and credits
LCM(3) Tank Lighter 50 ft. built by NYBos at US Naval Drydock completed 8/1942
11 oz white ceramic mug with glossy finish and C-shaped handle. Hand wash only.
AI-assisted controlled-color interpretation. Original source unchanged. Fine detail and color are interpretive. No institutional endorsement.
Source: United States. Navy. Naval District, 1st; National Archives at Boston; PD 127; 1138081; source record https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:fx71bp76c https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:fx71bp76c.
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