LST Shipyard Collection : Materials from or related to the Shipyards which built LSTs during World War II
Title:
C W Forbey Selling Ship to Navy
Object ID:
2016.122.02
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Date:
12/03/1944
Photographer:
Followell, Don
Description:
Set of several copies of a photo taken at the commissioning ceremony of LST-828 at the Evansville, IN Shipyard in Dec. of 1944 showing C.W. Forbery "selling" the ship to the U.S. Navy.

Main copy is a 2-sided glassy print while secondary copy consists of two 1-sided plain paper pages that were stapled together.
Place:
Evansville, IN Shipyard
Copyright:
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Glossy Copy FrontGlossy Copy Front
Glossy Copy Reverse, Rotated 90 Degrees ClockwiseGlossy Copy Reverse, Rotated 90 Degrees Clockwise
Paper Copy Page 1Paper Copy Page 1
Paper Copy Page 2, Rotated 90 Degrees CounterclockwisePaper Copy Page 2, Rotated 90 Degrees Counterclockwise