SS George Washington Carver
Launching the liberty ship SS George Washington Carver. Original Caption: The SS George Washington Carver, second liberty ship to be named for an outstanding Negro American, was launched at the Richmond (Cal.) Shipyard No. 1 of the Kaiser Company on May 7, 1943; The 10,500-ton vessel is shown sliding down the way.
- Date
- 1943-05-07
- Photographer / author
- E. F. Joseph, U.S. Office of War Information
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 586 × 736 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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