"Ship launching in Portland, Maine. Officials who assisted in the launching ceremonies for eight vessels at a New England shipyard August 16, 1942. Left to right: Senator Claude Pepper of Florida; Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri; Governor Sumner Sewall of Maine; Senator Ralph Brewster of Maine; John D. Reilly, President of Todd Shipyards Corporation; William S. Newell, President of Bath Iron Works Corporation and Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation; Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia"
Albert Freeman
1942-08
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