Collection Guide:
200+ images of ships passing through the Panama Canal in 1939. Ships are from USA (military and merchant), Italy, Germany, New Zealand, France, Great Britain, and Australia.American vessels include: USS Pennsylvania (BB-38); USS Maryland (BB-46); S.S. Elizabeth Lykes; USS Clark (DD 361); USS Conyngham (DD 371); USS Cassin (DD 372); USS Vincennes (CA 44); S.S. Washington; S.S. Henry S. Grove; USS Langley (AV 3); USNT Chaumont (AP-5); USS Henderson (AP 1); USS Medusa (AR 1); USS Cincinnati (CL 6); USS Raleigh (CL 7); USS Yorktown (CV 5); USS Idaho (BB 42); USS Lexington (CV 2); USS Mississippi (BB 41); USS West Virginia (BB 48); USS Enterprise (CV 6); USS Yorktown (CV 5); USS Boise (CL 47); USS Tennessee (BB 43); USS Portland (CA 33); S.S. Panama; USS Dunlap (DD 384); USS Fanning (DD 385); USS Colorado (BB 45); USAT Hunter Liggett; USS Philadelphia (CL 41); USS Savannah (CL 42); USS Honolulu (CL 48); USS Brooklyn (CL 40); USAT Leonard Wood (AP 25); USS Tattnall (DD 125); USAT Chateau Thierry. New Zealand vessel: HMNZS Achilles. German vessel: S.S. Bremen. Italian vessel: Emanuele Filiberto. French vessel: Jeanne 'D' Arc. British vessels: HMS Orion; British prize captured ship Dusseldorf; Australian ship: HMAS Perth.
