Evansville Shipyard: Launchings - Broom Raisings - Commissionings

2017.058.06

List

June, 1945

A long, folded printout listing all of the larger ships built at the Evansville Shipyard along with contract numbers, lauching, broom raising, & commissioning dates and sponsors/hosts for each event. The list includes 167 LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank) and 4 APBs (Self-propelled Freight & Ammunition Lighter Ships). Three of the APBs have launch dates but no Broom Raising or Commissioning dates, suggesting they were either commissioned after the list was produced or were never officially commissioned for service. The item was created by the Employees War Production Committee of the Evansville Shipyard in June of 1945.