Launching of Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ship USS PRENTISS, December 6, 1944, Wilmington, NC

gelatin silver print

Gelatin silver print of launching of Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ship USS PRENTISS at North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.; 2 men and 3 women on platform on the launching ways; identified are Roger Williams (center) and his wife Frances McIlvaine Williams (far right), who has just hit the hull with the christening bottle; typed in photograph lower right "Launching of/ U.S.S. Prentiss/ Dec. 6th 1944/ N.C. Shipbld'g Co./ Wilmington, N.C./ MC1699 Bld'rs 190". See 2003.34.1-4 for same event. See 2003.30 collection for related items.