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HARTFORD Ship Model

Franklin D. Roosevelt1938

U.S. National Archives

U.S. National Archives
United States

Three-masted, square-rigged wooden model of the screw sloop U.S.S. HARTFORD. The model's hull was prepared by Juan Salado Pedraza of Havana, Cuba. The rigging and arranging was done by Boatswain Nils Sjoberg, Retired, U.S. Coast Guard. Presented to FDR in July 1938 by Charles Harwood and Stephen B. Gilbous. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library Museum Collection.

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  • Title: HARTFORD Ship Model
  • Creator: Juan Salado Pedraza, Nils Sjoberg, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration
  • Date Created: 1938
  • Location Created: Havana, Cuba
  • Medium: wood, paper, string
U.S. National Archives

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