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Stow Her Away Mates
Thomas Hart Benton #14
Pen and ink on paper, 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-BF
In a shipboard task almost as ancient as the art of maritime voyaging,
crewmen of the LST stow away the hawser as the landing craft moves
down the Ohio.
On the Old Ohio
Thomas Hart Benton #2
Pen and ink wash on paper, circa 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-AT
The newly launched LST moves down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh
on her "shakedown cruise". In comparison to the modern
war vessel is an old stern wheeler at the left, her two towering
stacks putting black smoke into the sky.
The Long Haul
Thomas Hart Benton #4
Pen and ink wash on paper, circa 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-AV
The completed LST is hauled out to the launching skids. Soon it
will be officially christened, and on its way to a distant battle.
Stern Task
Thomas Hart Benton #6
Pen and ink wash on paper, circa 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-AX
Workmen (and women) labor on the stern section of an LST under
construction. Benton's facile hand catches the multiplicity of
operations that go into the construction of a unit in the Navy's
landing craft armada.
Bow
Up
Thomas Hart Benton #3
Pen and ink wash on paper, circa 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-AU
With the aid of a giant crane, the huge bow section of a Landing Ship Tank is lifted into place in a Pennsylvania shipyard.
Note Well
Thomas Hart Benton #12
Pen and ink on paper, circa 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-BD
Men overhanding life rafts concentrate to the best of their ability
on their task--an error or over- sight now may cost lives later.
This Way Out
Thomas Hart Benton #8
Pen and ink wash on paper, circa 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-AZ
Tanks and men charge out of the open bow of the LST during maneuvers
on the "shakedown" trips in preparation for combat duty.
The Ship Gets its Mouth
Thomas Hart Benton #21
Pen and ink on paper, circa 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-BM
The Baptism
Thomas Hart Benton #20
Pen and ink on paper, circa 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-BL
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