Finished ID 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. A collection of ship models made for the Navy in the model ship factory at the Gila Relocation Center. All of these models are replicas of German warships and are used in the identification training program. Oscar Julius, plant manager explains ship characteristics to Mary Iwamura (left), and Errol Ishii, plant foreman.