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PT-170, an Elco 80-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 10 (MTBRon 10), painted in “zebra” pattern designed to thwart enemy optical range finding, 1942. Photo 2 of 2

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Caption     PT-170, an Elco 80-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 10 (MTBRon 10), painted in “zebra” pattern designed to thwart enemy optical range finding, 1942. Photo 2 of 2 ww2dbase
Date  Jul 1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseElectric Boat Company via United States Navy via NavSource
Link to Source    Link
 
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Licensing  Public Domain. Please support the navsource.org project and remember the dedication of its founder Paul Yarnall.

This photo is now in the collection of the United States Navy. According to General Dynamics Electric Boat, "Our archives have been donated to the Submarine Force Library and Museum and the U.S. Navy Historical Branch in Washington, D.C."

Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 1,500 x 525 pixels



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