Title:
LST-267 Launching
Object ID:
2016.271.36
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Date:
06/06/1943
Photographer:
U.S. Navy Dept. - Bureau of Ships
Description:
Print 36 of the set (of 36), chronologically, showing LST-267 being launched at the American Bridge Company shipyard located in Ambridge, PA. The photograph is the only one in the set that does NOT have writing on the front of the print (from original photograph) to indicate the date, though records show the ship was launched on June 6, 1943. Writing in pen on the back of the photograph indicates the number for the order (35) given prior to the set's donation (does not correspond properly with dates) and the original date, as interpreted by the donor.
Place:
Ambridge, PA, USA
Copyright:
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