Liberty Ship construction keel being welded, circa 1942
- Title
- Liberty Ship construction keel being welded, circa 1942
- LC Subject
- Liberty ships Shipbuilding
- Creator
- Oregon State University. Reserve Officers Training Corps United States. Maritime Commission
- Description
- Photo is a stock US Maritime Commission (#2947) 8x10 for publication. Detailed view of the beginning of construction of a World War II Liberty Ship by the Kaiser Corporation. Construction of the keel of a Liberty Ship is shown in this detailed photograph. Location is not listed on the photograph. Built by the Kaiser Corp at four shipyards in California and three in the Northwest (including Portland, Oregon). Kaiser developed methods for prefabricating and mass producing Liberty Ships. The shipyards in Portland, Oregon produced this type of ship during the war.
- Work Type
- photographic prints photographs
- Date
- 1937/1947
- Identifier
- P002:005
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Local Collection Name
- Oregon State University Military Photographs Collection, 1875-1975 (P 002)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Primary Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Is Part Of
- Series 4: World War Two, 1940-1945
- Institution
- Oregon State University
