Shipbuilding -- Washington (State) -- Vancouver -- Photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Photographs of the launching of the U.S.S. Alazon Bay
Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1059
Abstract
Photographs of the launching of the escort carrier CVE-55 USS Alazon Bay (later the USS Casablanca), at the Kaiser shipyards, Vancouver, Washington. Includes images of Eleanor Roosevelt at festivities and christening the ship, of Henry Kaiser, and of Josephine Hilda Schmid Coffin, governess to the Kaiser family.
Dates:
1943 April 5