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| Title | Launching day of the U.S.S. Grand Forks, Richmond, Calif. |
| Date of Original | 1943-11-27 |
| Description | Mrs. T.H.H. Thoresen and Isabel Rystad (both on the right) stand with two other unidentified women at the occasion of the launch of the U.S.S. Grand Forks. Three of the four women hold large bouquets of flowers. Behind them, the sign reads "U.S.S. Grand Forks Kaiser Cargo, Inc. Keel laid September 29, 1943, launced November 27, 1943. This fighting ship sponsored and made possible by the war bond purchases of the people of Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA." |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Military
People
Awards and ceremonies
Women
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Battleships
Launchings
Bouquets
Ships
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| Personal Name | Thoresen, Inga
Rystad, Isabel
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| Organization Name | Grand Forks (Patrol frigate)
Kaiser Shipyards (Richmond, Calif.)
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| Location | Richmond (Calif.)
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| Decade | 1940-1949
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| Item Number | 00178-12 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Transcription | "Launching day of the U.S.S. Grand Forks November 21, 1943 Richmond Shipyard number four of Kaiser Cargo, inc., Richmond, California. Photograph no. 4L-12"--Printed on front of photograph.
"Mrs. T.H.H. Thoresen, Isabel Rystad"--Handwritten on front of photograph. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | The U.S.S. Grand Forks was a Tacoma class frigate launched on November 27, 1943. She saw duty off the coast of California as a plane guard ship until 1946. In October 1944 she picked up a distress call from a PB2Y Coronado plane that made an emergency landing in the sea. The Grand Forks rescued 15 crewmen and passengers from the sea, as well as 114 bags of mail. The Grand Forks was decommissioned in May 1946 and sold for scrap in 1947. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Cynthia Selland Photograph Collection 00178
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (00178-12) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | sh0017812 |
