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Ship launching in Portland, Maine. A second gate is opened, water floods the basin and another ship takes the water at a New England shipyard at a mass launching on August 16, 1942, in which eight vessels went into service
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Credit lineShip launching in Portland, Maine. A second gate is opened, water floods the basin and another ship takes the water at a New England shipyard at a mass launching on August 16, 1942, in which eight ves. 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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