Kaiser Richmond Shipyard Number Two photographs, 1944.

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Kaiser Richmond Shipyard Number Two photographs, 1944.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/697531872

4 prints (b&w, 8-3/4 x 11 in.) of shipyard activities during World War Two, depicting wartime activities inlcuding the shipyard cranes silouhetted at sunset or sunrise, a slipway, a crane lifting heavy equipment and a photograph of a woman posing atop 2 propellors for Hull No. 2272 and Hull No. 2279, 1944.

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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Maritime Research Center, Maritime Library, Maritime Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7999363

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Maritime Research Center, Maritime Library, Maritime Archives

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William E. Ritter (Cargo ship)

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George Clement Perkins (Cargo ship)

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Kaiser Shipyards (Richmond, Calif.)

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Clay Bedford, along with his son Tim, were the men in charge of the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, Calif., during World War II, working directly under Henry J. Kaiser. From the description of Kaiser Shipyards collection, 1940-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014699 Hull No. 2272, George Clement Perkins (built 1944; freighter: EC2-S-C1) was sold to private shipping company in 1947 and scrapped in 1969; hull No. 2279, William E. Ritter (built 1944; freighter: EC2-S-C1) se...