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Launch of the "Black Jack"
Launch & Ceremony of the "Balck Jack", Hull No. 422.
Launch date 21th September 1944.
Builder : Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company.
Ship type : Tanker T2, 16, 296 DWT, single screw turbo-electric, 7, 500 HP.
Sponsor : Lt. B.N. Dimeler.
Photographer : Knott, A.V.
( All Photos Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company photograph collection )
Christening Shipway.
Notice hull number on shipway. With 28 shipways, hulls had to be indentified so employees
would know which shipway they were going to be working.
Ship christened by Lt. B.N. Dimeler.
Down the Shipway.
After launch, ship is being moved to outfitting pier.
( All Photos Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company photograph collection )