Tank Lighters at Boston Navy Yard
Bring a little Charlestown home.
Unframed Matte Poster · 11 × 14 inches
A view above a shelf gives the room something to look at between the day's ordinary tasks. 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. It can be a gift for a wall at home, with the subject's own story alongside the view.
$19.99
- Selected option
- 11″ x 14″ / Matte
- SKU
- FH-BULK-BOSTON-FX71BP76C-282-43135-COLOR-R1
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Historical sources
Source credit and attribution
Source: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:fx71bp76c
About the artwork
Product details and care
Size/capacity: 11 × 14 inches and/or 18 × 24 inches, according to the enabled native variants
Care: If dust gathers, wipe gently with a clean, dry cloth. Indoor display.
Supplier specifications: https://printify.com/app/products/282/generic-brand/matte-vertical-posters
Original product information and credits
LCM(3) Tank Lighter 50 ft. built by NYBos at US Naval Drydock completed 8/1942
Matte heritage poster in 11 × 14 and 18 × 24 inch sizes. The full landmark composition is centered with a white border.
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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