The Light
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Record 2740/5355
Copyright Marblehead Historical Commission
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Collection USS Marblehead (several) Collection
Date July 13, 1940
Abstract The newspaper of the USS Marblehead.
Dated July 13, 1940, Tsingtao, China

The Cover has a drawing of a sailor and a girl sitting on a wall looking at USS Marblehead silhouetted against the rising sun or maybe the moon.

Page 1)This page contains The Masthead, (a newspaper term for info on the publisher, editors etc.) it also contains the beginning of an article on "Discharge from the service under other than Honorable Conditions." Continued on page #3.

Page 2) This page contains the ship's gossip.

Page 3)This page has a poem about launching a torpedo, the end of the discharge article and two cartoons.

Page 4) This page contains a drawing of a gun crew practicing loading a gun using a port hole for the breech and a paper bag to simulate the "bang."
Home Location FV Box 18X13 Charlie Shelf#4
Object ID 2004-027-0229
Object Name Newspaper
People Robinson, A. G., CDR (USN)
Shelley, Tully, CDR (USN)
Stever, E. M., LT(jg) (USN)
Anglin, J. M.
Anderson, BM 1/c
Search Terms USS Marblehead
Tsingtao, 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