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Christening- & Launch ceremony SS "Cantigny"
( All Photos : Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company photograph collection, by Knott, A.V. )
Christening- & Launch ceremony SS "Cantigny", hull number 461, on 13 March 1945.
16, 293 DWT, Single screw turbo-electric, 7, 500 HP. Contract price $ 2.7 Million.
Built by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company for U.S. Maritime Commission.
Pre-Launch picture with sponsor Mrs. O.A. Wilde and Sun Ship VP John G. Pew Jr. to right.
Sponsor breaks bottle against bow. This will be first time the ship has a name not just a hull number.
Notice white strip of metal on bow to make breaking bottle easier.
Pre-Launch picture.
Launch.
Ship has cleared the shipway and is afloat for the first time.
Ship being pushed to outfitting pier by tugs.
( All Photos : Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company photograph collection, by Knott, A.V. )