Ships built at San Francisco Bay Area shipyards [graphic] 1942-1945.

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Ships built at San Francisco Bay Area shipyards [graphic] 1942-1945.

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Includes photos showing ship construction, christening, and launching. The SS Paloma Hills, SS Benjamin Goodhue, and facilities of the Marinship Corporation, the California Ship Building Corporation, and Kaiser Richmond shipyards are depicted (among others). K.K. Bechtel, Elizabeth Hay Bechtel and family are pictured frequently. Also includes images of Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia and his entourage on his visit to Marin shipyard.

1 portfolio (41 photographic prints) and 1 box (30 photographic prints) : b&w ; various sizes. + ephemera.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8252210

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California Shipbuilding Corporation

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Marinship Corporation

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Bechtel, Elizabeth Hay.

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Bechtel, Kenneth K. (Kenneth Karl), 1904-1978

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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...

Bechtel family

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