Making hulls for ID model ships

Photograph taken by US Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority at Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona during World War II.

Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Wataru Ichinotsubo, former produce market employee form Los Angeles, California, is shown sandpapering the hull of a model into final shape in the model ship factory here. These ships are carefully constructed for the Navy by the Japanese-American craftsmen.