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NH 43022 Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts

Photo #: NH 43022 Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
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Title: Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Description: Ships fitting out at the Fore River shipyard, 19 March 1918. The six destroyers are Little (DD-79), Kimberly (DD-80), Sigourney (DD-81), Gregory (DD-82), Colhoun (DD-85) and Stevens (DD-86), which had builder's hull numbers 274-277 and 280-281 respectively. The freighter at right is Katrina Luckenbach, yard hull # 267, which served as USS Katrina Luckenbach in 1918-19. Most of the equipment on the pier is for her. Note the large submarine being built in the background, under the revolving crane. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 43022
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