| Catalog date |
02/13/2007 |
| Category |
8: Communication Artifact |
| Classification |
U.S. Navy Newspapers |
| 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 |
| Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
| Subjects |
US Navy Newspapers |
| Title |
The Light |
| Year Range from |
1935 |
| Year range to |
1940 |
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