Photo #: NH 47036
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seated in an automobile, while touring the Mare Island Navy Yard
in 1942. With him are Vice Admiral John W. Greenslade, Commander
12th Naval District, and Rear Admiral Wilhelm L. Friedell, Commandant
Mare Island Navy Yard. Secret Servicemen are on duty around the
car.
In the background is the Japanese midget submarine HA-19,
which had been captured on 8 December 1941, immediately after
the attack on Pearl Harbor. During World War II, it was taken
around the country on War Bond tours.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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