Artifact Gallery:
Battleship USS Iowa Museum Los Angeles collects relevant artifacts to help tell the story of the ship and the Surface Navy to a broad audience. Below you will find some of our accessioned artifacts in our collection. Not all items are on display and are monitored according to our collections management policy.
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Motor Torpedo Boat Identification Models
Object/Artifact
Identification models of motor torpedo boats in 1:500 scale, painted dark grey. Identification ship models were fabricated by Framburg, South Salem and Comet. Models may have some cast metal parts and some wooden parts. The ships are:
1 PT-20, Motor Torpedo Boat, USN, Elco 77' PT-20 Series
2 PT-103, Motor Torpedo Boats, USN, Elco 80' Series
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