Atlantic convoy - safety film negatives, Library of Congress
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Launch of half the 'Vardefjell'
Launch of the forepart of the ‘Vardefjell’ by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, 27 March 1944. This was later joined to the salvaged aft part on the River Tyne. The original forepart was lost at sea in December 1942,... More
80-G-2187 (22334316166)
80-G-2187: North Atlantic Convoy, ships passing, February 1942. Vessel is probably USS McCawley (APA 4). (2015/10/20).
80-G-2190 (22173475199)
80-G-2190: USS McCawley (APA 4), starboard view, along with ships in a North Atlantic Convoy, probably February 1942. During this time, she was bringing troops to Iceland. Note, dirigible above. (2015/10/20).
80-G-2191 (22347258902)
80-G-2191: USS McCawley (APA 4), starboard view, along with ships in a North Atlantic Convoy, probably February 1942. During this time, she was bringing troops to Iceland. Note the Measure 12 (Modified) camouf... More
80-G-2195 (22334296606)
80-G-2195: North Atlantic Convoy, ships passing, February 1942. Note destroyer is possibly a Simms-class. (2015/10/20).
80-G-2197 (22347234442), World War II photo
80-G-2197: North Atlantic Convoy, ships passing, February 1942. (2015/10/20).
80-G-2199 (22360297745)
80-G-2199: North Atlantic Convoy, February 1942. Note the heavy seas. (2015/10/20).
80-G-2201 (22173423819)
80-G-2201: Atlantic Convoys. Ships in the North Atlantic. Photographed by USS Philadelphia (CL 41), February 1942.(2015/10/20).
80-G-2202 (22347212702)
80-G-2202: Atlantic Convoys. Ships in the North Atlantic, showing USS McCawley (APA 4) in heavy weather. Photographed by USS Philadelphia (CL 41), February 1942.(2015/10/20).
80-G-2203 (22172534998)
80-G-2203: Atlantic Convoys. Ships in the North Atlantic. Photographed by USS Philadelphia (CL 41), February 1942.(2015/10/20).
80-G-2205 (22334250086)
80-G-2205: Atlantic Convoys. Ships in the North Atlantic. Photographed by USS Philadelphia (CL 41), February 1942.(2015/10/20).
80-G-2324 (24689686811)
80-G-2324: Atlantic Convoys. Activity onboard a merchant vessel passing through war zone. Second mat gives orders to Engine Room. Photograph by Third Naval District, March 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now ... More
80-G-2325 (24756957196)
80-G-2325: Atlantic Convoys. Activity onboard a merchant vessel passing through war zone. Shown: is a merchant officer going full speed ahead. Photograph by Third Naval District, March 1942. U.S. Navy Pho... More
80-G-2326 (24415516599)
80-G-2326: Atlantic Convoys. Activity onboard a merchant vessel passing through war zone. Shown: pilot and mate. Photograph by Third Naval District, March 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collection... More
80-G-2327 (24689682581)
80-G-2327: Atlantic Convoys. Activity onboard a merchant vessel passing through war zone. Shown: Setting recognition flags. Photograph by Third Naval District, March 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the... More
80-G-2328 (24665362882)
80-G-2328: Atlantic Convoys. Activity onboard a merchant vessel passing through war zone. Shown: Inspection of life boats. Photograph by Third Naval District, March 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the ... More
80-G-2329 (24783186235)
80-G-2329: Atlantic Convoys. Activity onboard a merchant vessel passing through war zone. Shown: Gunners receive clothing. Photograph by Third Naval District, March 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the ... More
80-G-2330 (24415511739)
80-G-2330: Atlantic Convoys. Activity onboard a merchant vessel passing through war zone. Shown: Sailors on their way to the armed guard pool. Photograph by Third Naval District, March 1942. U.S. Navy Pho... More
80-G-2348 (24487643140)
80-G-2348: Atlantic Convoys. New York Navy Yard workers fitting armament on merchant ships. Photograph by Third Naval District, March 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Arc... More
80-G-2351 (24665358252)
80-G-2351: Atlantic Convoys. New York Navy Yard workers fitting gun platforms on merchant ships. Photograph by Third Naval District, March 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the Nationa... More
80-G-2352 (24155014164)
80-G-2352: Atlantic Convoys. New York Navy Yard workers fitting gun platforms on merchant ships. Photograph by Third Naval District, March 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the Nationa... More
80-G-2353 (24689674651)
80-G-2353: Atlantic Convoys. New York Navy Yard workers fitting gun platforms on merchant ships. Note the tugboat Arthur F. Mears. Photograph by Third Naval District, March 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now ... More
80-G-2357 (24487638090)
80-G-2357: Atlantic Convoys. New York Navy Yard workers fitting armament on merchant ships. Note the tugboat Arthur F. Mears. Photograph by Third Naval District, March 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in th... More
80-G-2361 (24665354352)
80-G-2361: Atlantic Convoys. New York Navy Yard workers fitting armament on merchant ships. Shown: Setting up machine gun installations. Photograph by Third Naval District, March 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph... More
80-G-2374 (24665353152)
80-G-2374: Atlantic Convoys. Troops at convoy port of embarkation at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, New York. Photograph by Third Naval District, February 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections ... More
80-G-2376 (24487634790)
80-G-2376: Atlantic Convoys. Troops at convoy port of embarkation at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, New York. Photograph by Third Naval District, February 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections ... More
80-G-2379 (24783174515)
80-G-2379: Atlantic Convoys. Troops at convoy port of embarkation at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, New York. Photograph by Third Naval District, February 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections ... More
80-G-2384 (24155006214)
80-G-2384: Atlantic Convoys. Troops at convoy port of embarkation at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, New York. Photograph by Third Naval District, February 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections ... More
80-G-2393 (24756938616)
80-G-2393: Atlantic Convoys. Ships loading for convoy at port of embarkation at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, New York. Photograph by Third Naval District, February 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the c... More
80-G-2394 (24665347042)
80-G-2394: Atlantic Convoys. Ships loading for convoy at port of embarkation at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, New York. Photograph by Third Naval District, February 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the c... More
80-G-24818 (22360155075)
80-G-24818: Atlantic Convoy at sea, June 1942. As seen from USS Tuscaloosa (CA 37). (2015/10/20).
80-G-24819 (22347079002)
80-G-24819: Atlantic Convoy at sea, June 1942. USS Washington (BB 56). (2015/10/20).
80-G-24820 (22370823671)
80-G-24820: Atlantic Convoy at sea, June 1942. Signaling by light. (2015/10/20).
80-G-24824 (21739024443)
80-G-24824: The covering forces of the PQ-17 Convoy (British and American ships) at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, May-June 1942. The convoy left Iceland on June 27, but a large part of the conv... More
80-G-24825 (22370807121)
80-G-24825: The covering forces of the PQ-17 Convoy (British and American ships) at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, May-June 1942. The convoy left Iceland on June 27, but a large part of the conv... More
80-G-24826 (21739009293), British navy ship
80-G-24826: The covering forces of the PQ-17 Convoy (British and American ships) at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, May-June 1942. USS Washington (BB 56) in foreground loading supplies with HMS No... More
80-G-24827 (22172080050)
80-G-24827: The covering forces of the PQ-17 Convoy (British and American ships) at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, May-June 1942. The convoy left Iceland on June 27, but a large part of the conv... More
80-G-24828 (22172362008)
80-G-24828: The covering forces of the PQ-17 Convoy (British and American ships) at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, May-June 1942. The convoy left Iceland on June 27, but a large part of the conv... More
80-G-24829 (22360100545)
80-G-24829: The covering forces of the PQ-17 Convoy (British and American ships) at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, May-June 1942. The convoy left Iceland on June 27, but a large part of the conv... More
80-G-24830 (22347022912)
80-G-24830: The covering forces of the PQ-17 Convoy (British and American ships) at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, May-June 1942. The convoy left Iceland on June 27, but a large part of the conv... More
80-G-24831 (22347017022)
80-G-24831: The covering forces of the PQ-17 Convoy (British and American ships) at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, May-June 1942. The convoy left Iceland on June 27, but a large part of the conv... More
80-G-24832 (22172049750)
80-G-24832: The covering forces of the PQ-17 Convoy (British and American ships) at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, May-June 1942. The convoy left Iceland on June 27, but a large part of the conv... More
80-G-24833 (22370757751)
80-G-24833: The covering forces of the PQ-17 Convoy (British and American ships) at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, May-June 1942. The convoy left Iceland on June 27, but a large part of the conv... More
80-G-24835 (21738960173)
80-G-24835: The covering forces of the PQ-17 Convoy (British and American ships) at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, May-June 1942. The convoy left Iceland on June 27, but a large part of the conv... More
80-G-33233 (31255738810)
80-G-33233: Atlantic Convoys, WWII. Officers and enlisted men take turns standing lookout watch on a destroyer, March 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives... More
80-G-33237 (31255727710)
80-G-33237: Atlantic Convoys, WWII. A bearded seaman peers through the sights of a 20mm gun, March 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/13).
80-G-33241 (31481398092)
80-G-33241: Atlantic Convoys, WWII. Gun crew shoots at balloon target with 20mm gun, March 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/13).
80-G-33243 (31481392982)
80-G-33243: Atlantic Convoys, WWII. Lookouts on a destroyer’s bridge scan the horizon, March 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/13).
80-G-33246 (30786606514)
80-G-33246: Atlantic Convoys, WWII. Navigation officer shoots the sun with a sextant, March 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/13).
80-G-33250 (31591006696)
80-G-33250: Atlantic Convoys, WWII. Officer of the deck on the flying bridge of a destroyer, March 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/13).
80-G-33257 (31255712520) - Public domain drawing
80-G-33257: Atlantic Convoys, WWII. Member of destroyer’s crew draws a bead on target with a Tommy Gun, M-27, March 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. ... More
80-G-33260 (31255711550)
80-G-33260: Atlantic Convoys, WWII. A lookout on a destroyer bridge peers through binoculars, 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/13).
80-G-40259 (21738748303)
80-G-40259: U.S. Navy K-Type airship on an Atlantic Convoy, probably 1942. (2015/10/20).
80-G-40318 (22346685102)
80-G-40318: PQ 17 North Atlantic Convoy. Shown is the convoy en route to Russia as it fights in the North Atlantic. U.S. merchant vessel is hit by enemy aerial torpedo. Anti-aircraft fire from the 20 mm. gu... More
80-G-40319 (22333730556)
80-G-40319: PQ 17 North Atlantic Convoy. A convoy en route to Russia fights in the North Atlantic. An enemy plane, hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashes into a U.S. merchant vessel causing her to explode. The ... More
80-G-42016 (34298049174)
80-G-42016: WWII-North Atlantic Convoy. Scenes taken from a U.S. Navy destroyer on convoy duty in the Atlantic. Shown: A line is fired from the deck to a passing U.S. Coast Guard cutter, a preliminary to an... More
80-G-42019 (35143160385)
80-G-42019: WWII-North Atlantic Convoy. Scenes taken from a U.S. Navy destroyer on convoy duty in the Atlantic. Shown: In heavy weather gear and face masks, lookouts stand watch in stormy weather on the mid... More
80-G-42028 (35103124146)
80-G-42028: WWII-North Atlantic Convoy. Scenes taken from a U.S. Navy destroyer on convoy duty in the Atlantic. Shown: USS Greer (DD-145), officers on the deck fight a stiff wind and a pitching destroyer, J... More
80-G-42030 (35143152855)
80-G-42030: WWII-North Atlantic Convoy. Shown: USS Greer (DD-145). A United Nations fighting ship is sighted from the bridge across the sea of ice, June 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the coll... More
80-G-42034 (34298031264)
80-G-42034: WWII-North Atlantic Convoy. Shown: USS Greer (DD-145). What the well dressed look-out wears in the stormy seas. Cloth helmet and face mask, goggles for sleet and rain, woolen gloves, slicker ove... More
80-G-42044 (35143142505)
80-G-42044: WWII-North Atlantic Convoy. Shown: USS Greer (DD-145). At the sound of “General Quarters”, all hands turn to…depth charges are armed and fired, June 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in ... More
80-G-42045 (34756357980), World War II photo
80-G-42045: WWII-North Atlantic Convoy. Shown: USS Greer (DD-145). Gun crew on the after deck fires a gun during night action, June 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the Nation... More
80-G-42047 (35143129945)
80-G-42047: WWII-North Atlantic Convoy. Shown: USS Greer (DD-145). Tense and alert, a twenty millimeter gun crew lets go practice bursts at sea, June 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collect... More
80-G-475704 (TR-1741) (22698131648)
80-G-475704 (TR-1741): Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, October 1942. Maintenance crews work on K-Type Blimps, Lighter-than-Air Aircraft, in hangar. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Chas Kerlee... More
80-G-475706 (TR-1745) (23102652162)
80-G-475706 (TR-1745): Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, October 1942. Maintenance crews work on K-Type Blimps, Lighter-than-Air Aircraft, in hangar. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Chas Kerlee... More
80-G-475707 (TR-1747) (23127976431)
80-G-475707 (TR-1747): Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, October 1942. Maintenance crews work on K-Type Blimps, Lighter-than-Air Aircraft, in hangar. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Chas Kerlee... More
80-G-475708 (TR-1753) (23102648552)
80-G-475708 (TR-1753): Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, October 1942. Navy K-Type Blimp flies over harbor at the station. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Chas Kerlee. U.S. Navy photograph, now... More
80-G-475712 (TR-2203) (22698162187)
80-G-475712 (TR-2203): Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, October 1942. L-7, L-Type blimp, Lighter-than-Air Aircraft, hovers near ground prior to take off. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Chas K... More
80-G-475715 (TR-2209) (23116532295)
80-G-475715 (TR-2209): Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, October 1942. K-Type blimp, Lighter-than-Air Aircraft, on patrol duty. Photographed by Lieutenant Wayne Miller. U.S. Navy photograph, now in ... More
80-G-63997 (29627599336)
80-G-63997: A United Nation’s convoy arriving safely at its destination after crossing the Atlantic. The photograph is airbrushed. Photograph released on May 25, 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in... More
80-G-88929 (29345235993)
80-G-88929 WWII, Convoys. K-Type airships over an Atlantic Convoy, 1942. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/09/27).
After a hard day’s work seamen relax in their quarters, 1946 (27921059...
Lot-2947-5: After a hard day’s work seamen relax in their quarters. American seaman have the finest living and working conditions of all seaman. Image is a halftone. U.S. Marine Commission Photograph, 1... More
Americans lined up to apply for a job on an oil tanker, April 1942 (23...
Lot-9433-5: These Are The Ships And The Men Who Deliver Oil To The Allies. Despite Axis submarines, the U.S. is continuing to deliver oil for the Allied war machine. This success is due chiefly to two things... More
Building machine gun turrets for commercial cargo shipping, WWII (2382...
Lot-9432-5: Ships Will Strike First. The speed with which America is arming her merchant ships is assurance that she not only will continue to get war materials through to the Allies, but that supplies will f... More
Captain G. Eklund, Merchant Marine, checks a ship's radio direction fi...
Lot-9433-6: These Are The Ships And The Men Who Deliver Oil To The Allies. Despite Axis submarines, the U.S. is continuing to deliver oil for the Allied war machine. This success is due chiefly to two things... More
CPO Jack January onboard USCGC Spencer (WPG-36) (40441775281)
Lot-824-4: WWII-Atlantic Convoys. U.S. Coast Guard Combat Photographer. Assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (WPG-36), Chief Petty Officer Jack January shot the pictures of Coast Guard Cutter Spe... More
Diagram of WWII Liberty ship, halftone image (27921060992)
Lot-2947-3: Diagram of Liberty ship. Image is a halftone. U.S. Marine Commission Photograph, 1946. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/07/01).
Gun going thorough firing tests to prove range, power and accuracy, Un...
Lot-9432-6: Ships Will Strike First. The speed with which America is arming her merchant ships is assurance that she not only will continue to get war materials through to the Allies, but that supplies will f... More
LC-DIG-FSA-8e09324 (22425151752)
LC-DIG-FSA-8e09324: A portrait of a typical officer of the Royal Navy (British) who has been at sea since leaving school. He was photographed on an ex-American destroyer, part of a convoy escort across the At... More
LC-USE6-D-008296 (21817402373)
LC-USE6-D-008296: U.S. Naval Base in Ulster built by American and British workers. Londonderry is now America's premier naval base in Europe. Nearly 800 American technicians with over 2000 local workers built... More
LC-USW33-034618-ZC (22449241271)
LC-USW33-034618-ZC: Sunset over the Atlantic finds another Allied convoy moving peacefully towards its destination. U.S. Navy K-class lighter-than-air aircraft hovers overhead, watching for any sign of enemy s... More
LC-USZ62-106362 (40397661042)
LC-USZ62-106362: WWII-Atlantic Convoys. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Sub. Fellow fighters look over each other. Crew members of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Duane (WPG-33), shown in the foreground, and the Coa... More
LC-USZ62-132627 (21818044913) during World War I
LC-USZ62-132627: Royal Navy (British) seamen onboard destroyer HMS Vanoc (H 33) preparing the possible 21” Mark IX torpedo, before loading the tube, August 16, 1941. Commissioned in August 1917, Vanoc served i... More
LC-USZ62-132803 (22251416929)
LC-USZ62-132803: Allied convoy crossing the Atlantic, 1942. Office of War Information Photograph. (2015/10/23).
LC-USZ62-60359 (38631345140)
LC-USZ62-60359: WWII-Atlantic Convoys. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Sub. There’s no time for comedy when general quarters is sounded aboard a Coast Guard cutter. The smiles you see on these Coast Guardsme... More
LC-USZ62-60367 (39731309604)
LC-USZ62-60367: WWII-Atlantic Convoys. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Sub. Captain Harold G. Bradbury of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Duane (WPG-33) watches the action with a smile of relish. The Duane parti... More
LC-USZ62-69159 (21740870524)
LC-USZ62-69159: Convoy PQ 18 at sea. An underwater detonation erupts next to HMS Ashanti. The destroyer HMS Eskimo is seen in the foreground. Merchant ships are in the background."
LC-USZ62-89354 (22252059439), British navy ship
LC-USZ62-89354: Royal Navy armed trawler HMS Kingston Amber (FY 211) battling her way through heavy seas on the Northern patrol, 1942. Image also exists at the Imperial War Museum, and it was created by Lieut... More
LC-USZ62-89360 (21817885953), British navy ship
LC-USZ62-89360: Royal Navy (British) trawlers HMS Cape Portland (FY 246) as seen from HMS Northern Sky as they pass each other 1942. Photograph also exists at the Imperial War Museum, created by Lieutenant R.... More
Loading high grade iron ore into the SS Frank Armstrong, Superior, Wis...
Lot-2947-7: Shown is a bulk ore carrier, SS Frank Armstrong, loading high grade iron ore at Superior, Wisconsin. The ore slides down chutes from storage bins into the holds of the ship. Many chutes may opera... More
Lot 11559-1 (24123411983)
Lot 11559-1: Atlantic Convoys. Somewhere in the Atlantic, 1942-44. An Atlantic convoy under the protection of the Royal Air Force. The escorting aircraft is a giant “Sunderland” flying boat, a type which ha... More
Lot 11559-10 (24750280385)
Lot 11559-10: Atlantic Convoys. U.S. Army Air Force bombers working with the Navy in patrolling the Atlantic are finding at dawn another sinking victim of submarine warfare. Survivors are pulling away in a sm... More
Lot 11559-11 (24382631119)
Lot 11559-11: Atlantic Convoys. Aboard SS Coamo at sea two days out of New York, November 1941. Office of War Information photograph. (2016/01/29)
Lot 11559-12 (24122114574)
Lot 11559-12: Atlantic Convoys. The Triumphant, a large Free French destroyer. This ship which was launched in 1935 has a displacement of 2569 tons. She measures 434’4” and her speed is 42.7 knots. Office... More
Lot 11559-13 (24454763750)
Lot 11559-13: Atlantic Convoys. Convoy to Russia with a British Cruiser. A fast Royal Navy cruiser sets out to rendezvous with a convoy of merchantmen, some of them Russian, heavily laden with arms for the R... More
Lot 11559-14 (24724090496)
Lot 11559-14: Atlantic Convoys. Men who are guarding a convoy, circa 1941. Office of War Information photograph, 7897-ZE. (2016/01/29)
Lot 11559-15 (24382641179)
Lot 11559-15: Atlantic Convoys. The Coast Guard rescuing U.S. Army fliers who were forced down on a Greenland Ice Cap, circa 1943. Office of War Information photograph. (2016/01/29)
Lot 11559-16 (24454769920)
Lot 11559-16: Atlantic Convoys. Sailors of the Free French Navy, circa 1940-43. Office of War Information photograph, 91229-ZC. (2016/01/29)
Lot 11559-17 (24123441053)
Lot 11559-17: French battleship, Richelieu, in New York for repairs, February 1943. Office of War Information photograph, 91229-ZC. (2016/01/29)