Coast Guardsman using a speaking tube an engine room
Photograph. Coast Guardsman in the engine room communicating to the bridge via a speaking tube. Caption on reverse: "2058. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. 'FULL SPEED IT IS, SIR.' From the engine room of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter somewhere along the North Atlantic ship lanes, one of the black gang repeats an order over the speaking tube to the bridge. These men stick to their posts below decks unaware of the course of battle as the cutters protect convoys of merchant ships to Allied ports in Europe." Location unknown. No date