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Preparing to Christen the SS Santa Maria
No full textPreparing to christen the S.S. Santa Maria. Pictured left to right are Mrs. Robert Blake, daughter of sponsor; Mr. Godfrey Macdonald; Mrs. Arthur C. Diehl, sponsor; Mr. W.S. McMahon; Mr. Arthur C. Diehl; Mrs. Jackson Balch, daughter of sponsor; and Mr. P.F. Halsey
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No full textPage 6 of the booklet titled "Five Years of North Carolina Shipbuilding" features a button photograph of the employees. The photograph has a caption reading, "They came to do a good job." The Wilmington shipyard operated from 1941-1946
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No full textPage 9 of the text "Five Years of North Carolina Shipbuilding" presents the history of the Wilmington shipyard from 1941-1946
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No full textPage 10 of the text "Five Years of North Carolina Shipbuilding" presents the history of the Wilmington shipyard from 1941-1946
Last of the Construction
No full textThis photograph depicts some of the last vessels constructed at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company shipyard. The six Grace Line vessels are (from left to right): the SS Santa Isabel, hull 243, launched April 16, 1946; the SS Santa Luisa, hull 242, launched April 2, 1946; the SS Santa Maria, hull 241, launched March 15, 1946; the SS Santa Cecilia, hull 239, launched February 8, 1946; the SS Santa Margarita, hull 240, launched March 1, 1946; and the SS Santa Barbara, hull 238, launched January 24, 1946. This aerial photo was taken April 16, 1946
SS Santa Isabel Launching
No full textLaunching of the SS Santa Isabel on April 16, 1946, at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington, NC. Hull number 243
Christening of the SS Santa Margarita
No full textMiss Helen M. McGann, sponsor, christens the SS Santa Margarita on Mar. 1, 1946
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No full textPage 15 of the text, "Five Years of North Carolina Shipbuilding," presents the history of the Wilmington shipyard from 1941-1946
Launching of the SS Santa Margarita
No full textLaunching of the SS Santa Margarita on Mar. 1, 1946. It was the 240th ship completed by the NC Shipbuilding Company
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No full textPage 7 of the text "Five Years of North Carolina Shipbuilding" presents the history of the Wilmington shipyard from 1941-1946