Record
Photograph
1928
National Park Service, Springfield Armory National Historic Site (NPS Museum Collections)
U.S. Submachine Gun Thompson Model 1928 .45ACP, SN 13159 (Springfield Armory NHS, SPAR 18)
NPS museum catalog record for a Colt-made Thompson marked "U.S. NAVY MODEL OF 1928/13159," with a 20-round box magazine and Cutts compensator, made about 1928 and donated by Savage Arms Co. in 1979. The catalog photograph is not stored here.
- Date
- 1928
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- Rights
- NPS Museum Collections web catalog record, Springfield Armory National Historic Site, catalog number SPAR 18. The catalog's copyright page asks that anyone reproducing an image first contact the custodial park, so the NPS asks that reproduction be cleared with the park and no image is stored here; the page shows a document plate and links to the catalog record.
The catalog describes the 1928 model as “Basically a M1921 modified for the U.S. Navy,” with a horizontal foregrip and a heavier bolt. The gun is a military configuration. It is shown here as the Model 1928 type that federal agencies bought in the 1930s, without implying any crime history for this gun.
Object: Submachine gun, Model 1928 Thompson, .45 ACP, serial number 13159, with 20-round box magazine and Cutts compensator
Maker: Colt (Hartford, Connecticut); marked U.S. NAVY MODEL OF 1928
Date: about 1928
Provenance: donated by Savage Arms Co., 1979
Appears in: NPS catalog, SPAR 18