The Slave Ship at the event, to see it and be moved to increase British anti-slavery efforts. Placed next to the painting were lines from Turner's own untitled poem, written in 1812: The first impression that the painting creates is of an enormous deep-red sunset over a stormy sea, an indication of an approaching typhoon. Upon closer inspection one can discern a ship sailing off into the distance. The masts of the ship are red, matching the blood-red colour of the sky and the sickly copper colour of the water, which serves to blur the lines between various objects in the painting. The
U.S. Army Engineer Port Repair ship Engineer Port Repair Ship Crew. The first crew to arrive in the European Theater of Operations aboard the "Junior N. Van Noy" was the 1071st Engineer Port Repair Ship Crew. The Engineer Field Manual (FM-5-5) states: f. The engineer port repair ship is divided into a headquarters section and an operating section. It maintains channel markings and other aids for pilots, and removes bstructions from channels or ship berths. Section VI of FM-5-5 provides evidence the ship was organized as an Army Engineering unit with seamanship training differing in organization from a typical naval or commercial ship. A superseded organization