File:First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt christens the USS Alazon Bay (b353497b-1dd8-b71b-0b6b-3f646ea01581).jpg

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English: First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt christens the USS Alazon Bay
Photographer
English: NPS Photo
Title
English: First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt christens the USS Alazon Bay
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

Photo of woman breaking bottle against hull of a ship

In 1943, Louis Lee took this photograph of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt christening the U.S. Navy escort aircraft carrier USS Alazon Bay. The ship was built under a Maritime Commission contract sponsored by the first lady. It was later re-named the USS Casablanca and served in the South Pacific.

  • Keywords: world war ii; wwii; ww2; eleanor roosevelt; shipbuilding; homefront; us navy; people
Depicted place
English: Vancouver, WA; Fort Vancouver National Historic Site; Latitude: 45.623851776123, Longitude: -122.662101745605
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b353497b-1dd8-b71b-0b6b-3f646ea01581
Source
English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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English: Photographs by Louis Lee

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