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Last Ships
No full textPhotograph of the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company shipyard featuring some of the last vessels that were built in 1945 and launched the following year. The Santa Barbara, Santa Margarita, Santa Cecilia, Santa Maria, Santa Luisa and Santa Isabel were the last six ships recorded built by the company
Henrietta Gieschen
No full textPhotograph of Henrietta Gieschen celebrating her first birthday at her family's beach house.
Henrietta Gieschen (1945- ) is from a long-time Wilmington, NC family
Starboard view of the SS Santa Maria
No full textStarboard view of the SS Santa Maria, which was launched Mar. 15, 1946 as the 241st ship completed by the NC Shipbuilding Company
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No full textPage 4 of the booklet titled "Five Years of North Carolina Shipbuilding" reveals the portraits of officers and directors who worked in administration at the Wilmington shipyard
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No full textPage 8 of the booklet "Five Years of North Carolina Shipbuilding" presents the history of the Wilmington shipyard from 1941-1946
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No full textPage 13 of the text, "Five Years of North Carolina Shipbuilding," presents the history of the Wilmington shipyard from 1941-1946
Tugboats guide the SS Santa Barbara
No full textTugboats guide the SS Santa Barbara out of the Cape Fear River and out to sea on Jan. 24, 1946
Launch Party of the SS Santa Margarita
No full textF.M. Rohrer; Miss Margaret Duffy, maid of honor; Godfrey MacDonald, passenger traffic manager; Miss Helen M. McGann, sponsor; P.F. Halsey; and W.S. McMahon prepare to witness the christening of the SS Santa Margarita on Mar. 1, 1946
Christening of the SS Santa Maria
No full textMrs. Arthur C. Diehl, sponsor, christens the S.S. Santa Maria on Mar. 15, 1946
Launching of the SS Santa Cecilia
No full textThe SS Santa Cecilia was launched on Feb. 8, 1946. It was the 239th ship completed by the NC Shipbuilding Company