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Ship launching in Portland, Maine. Spectators crowded the docks when Ocean Seaman, one of five lend-lease cargo-carrying ships built for Britain, was christened at a Maine shipyard on August 16, 1942. The vessel was completed forty-eight days after its keel was laid
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Ship launching in Portland, Maine. Spectators crowded the docks when Ocean Seaman, one of five lend-lease cargo-carrying ships built for Britain, was christened at a Maine shipyard on August 16, 1942. The vessel was completed forty-eight days after its keel was laid

Freeman, Albert, United States. Office Of War Information · 1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineShip launching in Portland, Maine. Spectators crowded the docks when Ocean Seaman, one of five lend-lease cargo-carrying ships built for Britain, was christened at a Maine shipyard on August 16, 1942.. 1942-01-01. Freeman, Albert, United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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