Builder's half model, probably ship HOKAH

builder's half model

MODELS - VESSELS - HALF
Groton Iron Works
Circa 1918
0 x 70.50 x 5.56

Builder's half model - Emergency Fleet Corporation, Groton Iron Works, Noank Plant. Red bottom, black topsides. Probably ship HOKAH, built 1918. From label on model: "3500 TON/ Wooden Steamship hull/ constructed for the/ United States Shipping Board/ Emergency Fleet Corporation/ by the/ Groton Iron Works/ Noank Plant/ first keel laid/ Sept. 14, 1917".


1939.1283

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