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LC-Lot-3452-11: Merchant Ships: Liberty

<p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">LC-Lot-3452-11:&nbsp; Merchant Ships:&nbsp; Liberty.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>
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Caption: Merchant Ships: Liberty. Launching of 10,000 Ton Ship. SS Virginia Dare launched at Wilmington, North Carolina, March 27, 1942. Soon – one a week like this! The third 10,000 ton cargo vessel to be launched from new shipyards one the east coast slides down the ways into the water. From the present one-every-two weeks schedule, these “Virginia Dare” type vessels will shortly be produced at double speed; 90 ships in 90 weeks is the goal of the Maritime Commission. U.S. Office of Emergency Management Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/05/06).
Accession #: LC-Lot-3452-11
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