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LC-Lot-9434-11: Merchant Ships: Liberty

<p>Lot-9434-11: American Shipyards Reach All-Time High In Production. Shown: Liberty Ships, shown SS Benjamin Harrison and SS Samuel Chase, at Bethlehem Yard are being fitted to prepare them for joining the fleet of Allied ships now on the seas. Note, Benjamin Harrison was torpedoed by U-172 on March 4, 1943. She was scuttled on March 16th. Office of War Information Photograph, April 22-28, 1942. (2016/01/08).</p>
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Caption: Merchant Ships: Liberty. American Shipyards Reach All-Time High In Production. Shown: Liberty Ships, shown SS Benjamin Harrison and SS Samuel Chase, at Bethlehem Yard are being fitted to prepare them for joining the fleet of Allied ships now on the seas. Note, Benjamin Harrison was torpedoed by U-172 on March 4, 1943. She was scuttled on March 16th. Office of War Information Photograph, April 22-28, 1942. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/01/08).
Accession #: LC-Lot-9434-11
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