RARE WW2 Xmas Ornament
Product details
| Management number | 1583084 | Release Date | 2025/07/08 | List Price | $21.60 | Model Number | 1583084 | ||
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November 11, 1942 Paper Xmas Ornament promoting the USS Peto's launch into the Great Lakes shaped like the state of Wisconsin.
See bio below. This cardboard ornament is in excellent condition and does not survive on the market very often.
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Late in December 1942, Peto decommissioned, was loaded on a barge, and departed Manitowoc for New Orleans, Louisiana, the first submarine to traverse the mid-western waterways to reach New Orleans and the sea from the building yards. This was done because the Chain of Rocks Waterway as well as some of the passages near Chicago were only 9 feet deep, whereas the minimum draft of the submarine was 12 feet. The ship recommissioned, completed fitting out and shakedown, sailed for the Panama Canal and arrived Brisbane, Australia 14 March 1943.
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50 to 75 years
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