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Record 2738/5355
Copyright Marblehead Historical Commission
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Collection USS Marblehead (several) Collection
Date May 25, 1940
Abstract The newspaper of the USS Marblehead.
Dated May 25, 1940, Amoy, China

The Cover has a drawing of the USS Marblehead and, in pencil, a list of numbers from 87 to 1074.

Page 1)This page contains The Masthead, (a newspaper term for info on the publisher, editors etc.) it also contains a description of a new aircraft taken from the New York Herald Tribune, and a mention of the landing forces supplied by Marby in the past.

Page 2) This page contains an article of the new drydock being towed from New Orleans through the Panama Canal to Pearl Harbor, a new "Office of Shore Operations" proposed for the Navy and finally a joke.

Page 3)This page has information on new movies and movies coming soon the ship.

Page 4) This page contains the ship's gossip and two cartoons.
Home Location FV Box 18X13 Charlie Shelf#4
Object ID 2004-027-0227
Object Name Newspaper
People Robinson, A. G., CDR (USN)
Shelley, Tully, CDR (USN)
Stever, E. M., LT(jg) (USN)
Farmer, W. A.
Search Terms USS Marblehead
Amoy, China
Title The Light
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Rev. 2.0 2/2013 Contact the Historical Commission at 781-639-3425 or e-mail us (please include the "Object ID" number, not the Record Number)     historic@marblehead.org
Last modified on: February 22, 2013