1943Schooner Gertrude L Thebaud was assigned anti-submarine patrol and sailed a sector from Gloucester to Cashes Shoals.Economy and Industry, Government and Public Service, Maritime & Fishing Industry, Military

The stern of the Gertrude Thebaud on the far right, July 1940. Tony Freitas, Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Photo 21543

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Large schooners patrolled up to one hundred miles offshore. Sailing patrol craft were particularly hazardous for German U-boats which normally relied on warning impulses from vibrating propellers of approaching vessels.

Eldridge, David S."Gloucester FIshing in World War II," The American Neptune, Col. XXVII, No. 3, July 1967.

Other Events

1943
The Folly Cove Designers instituted a jury system made up of senior members.
1943
Twenty-three of the largest fishing draggers and trawlers were sold or leased to the United States Navy.
1943
Gordon Parks, the legendary African American photographer and the director of the 1971 movie Shaft, came to Gloucester on assignment for the Office of War Information to photograph the fishing community.
1943-1945
Milton Avery spent his final summers in Gloucester.

1943Schooner Gertrude L Thebaud was assigned anti-submarine patrol and sailed a sector from Gloucester to Cashes Shoals.Economy and Industry, Government and Public Service, Maritime & Fishing Industry, Military

Other Events

The Folly Cove Designers instituted a jury system made up of senior members.

Twenty-three of the largest fishing draggers and trawlers were sold or leased to the United States Navy.

Gordon Parks, the legendary African American photographer and the director of the 1971 movie Shaft, came to Gloucester on assignment for the Office of War Information to photograph the fishing community.

Milton Avery spent his final summers in Gloucester.