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More photos of the "Bulkoil (2)"
Mr. Don Wright wrote to me :
Hello Auke,
I have some photos that you may be interested in. My father was a shipfitter at Welding Shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia back in the 1940’s.
Photography was his hobby and he took lots of photos of the ships he helped build there in the yard. I believe they are of historical
interest and so I have created a website to exhibit his photos. But I’m sure they would get much more exposure on your great website and I hope you will take and make use of them. If you do use them please give credit to my father, Thomas Fred Wright Jr.
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Launch of the "Bulkoil (2)'", 1949.
( News paper photo )
Text with photo :
Norfolk, Va., February 26th 1949.
TANKER LAUNCHING
SS Bulkoil, 30,000 ton supertanker, slides into the Hampton Roads as hunderds watch launching of sistership to the Bulkpetrol, one of the world's largest tankships. Sponsor was Mrs. H. Wilkinson, of New York, wife of the president of tehe Asiatic Petroleum Corporation, charterers of the ship.
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Launch of the "Bulkoil (2)'", 1949.
( Photo Copyright Thomas Fred Wright Jr. )
Launch of the "Bulkoil (2)", 1949.
( Photo Copyright Thomas Fred Wright Jr. )
Launch of the "Bulkoil (2)", 1949.
( Photo Copyright Thomas Fred Wright Jr. )
Launch of the "Bulkoil (2)", 1949 (exact date unknown) -
Tugs pushing the just launched Bulkoil to the dock where work will continue.
( Photo Copyright Thomas Fred Wright Jr. )