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 standing on platform on the launching ways; identified at right are Roger Williams and his wife Frances McIlvaine Williams, who holds 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 also model 2003.30