SS Benjamin Contee being prepared for launch, New Orleans, 1942

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Photograph. The SS Benjamin Contee being prepared for launch from the Delta Shipbuilding Company yard. New Orleans, Louisiana. 15 June 1942

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06/15/1942
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This collection consists of sixteen photographs of the Delta Shipbuilding Company shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana in the 1940s.
Geography: 
New Orleans
Latitude: 
29.950
Longitude: 
-90.067
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Boat & ship industry--Louisiana
Liberty ships--Louisiana
Launchings--Louisiana