Another American naval victory! Don't slow up the ship!
Painted poster of a large hull on the slipway at a ship launching, with bunting, signal flags and crowds, under the headline 'Another American Naval Victory!'. The text asks shipyard workers to stay on the job, and 'Don't give up the ship' is altered to 'Don't slow up the ship'. A famous naval slogan and a celebration are used to carry a request about work pace (transfer).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy, Incentive Division (Lutz & Sheinkman, New York; art by Jon Whitcomb)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Navy, Incentive Division. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-404 (NAID 513855).
Text on the object
ANOTHER AMERICAN NAVAL VICTORY! STAY ON THE JOB! KEEP 'EM LAUNCHING! DON'T GIVE [struck through] SLOW UP THE SHIP! [signature:] Jon Whitcomb [partly legible] [imprint:] LUTZ & SHEINKMAN, NEW YORK [imprint:] INCENTIVE DIVISION, NAVY DEPARTMENT 5-1-10M
