SS Samuel Dexter being prepared for launch, New Orleans, 1943

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Photograph. The Liberty ship SS Samuel Dexter being prepared for launch from the Delta Shipbuilding Company yard. New Orleans, Louisiana. 27 March 1943

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03/27/1943
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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