About This Item

  • TitleLargest in world
  • Call NumberNEIG_1828
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 20, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle staff photo by Kruh." Title from caption on verso.
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • SummaryCaption: "Largest in world--Again assuming a vital role in the nation's preparedness for any emergency, the U. S. Maritime Service Training Station at Sheepshead Bay today stands ready to duplicate its amazing World War II record of training some 120,000 merchant seamen, more than any other maritime base in the world. The Brooklyn station, located at the foot of Oriental Boulevard, ...offers extensive courses in every phase of maritime training, ranging from radar electronics ..." Image shows four men standing on radar tower.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMerchant marine -- New York (State) -- New York ; Merchant mariners -- New York (State) -- New York ; Radar -- New York (State) -- New York
  • FolderFolder: Sheepshead Bay: Maritime Station
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.