Eastern Sea Frontier

United States tanker Byron T. Benson burns after being torpedoed by U-552 on April 5, 1942

General view of the Control Room of the Joint Operations Office located in the Headquarters of the Eastern Sea Frontier at 90 Church Street, New York, N. Y.

This photograph shows the Control Bridge overlooking the Main Situation Board (Master Plot) and Air Plot Watch Officers in the "dugout" below.

VADM Adolphus Andrews Commander Eastern Sea Frontier

 

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War Diary of the Eastern Sea Frontier December 1941
War Diary of the Eastern Sea Frontier January 1942
War Diary of the Eastern Sea Frontier February 1942
War Diary of the Eastern Sea Frontier March 1942
War Diary of the Eastern Sea Frontier April 1942
Photographic Tour of the Joint Operations Office, Control Room and Plotting Annex
Organization of the Joint Operations Control Room and Plotting Annex