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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
USS Bainbridge (DD-246)
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

USS Bainbridge (DD-246)

Object numberMO 1942.119.9
Name Model
Possible Maker
Gifter
Dateca. 1933
Mediumpaint on wood, string, metal, glass
Dimensionsoverall H 20 3/8 in x W 40 3/8 in x D 7 5/8 in (51.8 cm x 102.6 cm x 19.4 cm )
DescriptionA ship model of the destroyer, USS. BAINBRIDGE (DD-246). The wooden model of a two-masted steam ship has a two-tone gray hull, four smoke stacks, no sails, an American flag flying from the stern, and the number "246" painted on both sides at the bow. The model is mounted on a wooden base to which is affixed a brass name plaque: U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE. The model and base are fixed inside a wood and glass case.
Label TextThis is most likely the model sent to President Roosevelt in November 1933 by Raymond Fitzgerald, a prisoner in Sing Sing State Prison in Ossining, New York. In a note accompanying the model, Fitzgerald wrote that he made every part of the model by hand. In 1933, this ship model sat on the fireplace mantle in the Study in the White House Residence.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDeposited at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 27, 1941. It was donated as a bequest of FDR to the Library in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesShip Models (National Archives Identifier 782457)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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