Launch of the SS Zebulon Vance
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Identifier: 62.6.a.4
Launch of the United States Liberty Ship S.S. Zebulon B. Vance, the first ship to be completed at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company shipyard in Wilmington, N.C.more...
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Launch of the United States Liberty Ship S.S. Zebulon B. Vance, the first ship to be completed at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company shipyard in Wilmington, N.C.
Date
December 06 , 1941
Call Number
62.6.a.4
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Naval and Maritime History

Subject(s)
Zebulon B. Vance (Ship)
Liberty ships--United States--History
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
Finding Aid
North Carolina Shipbuilding Collection

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Location (spatial)
United States--North Carolina--New Hanover County (N.C.)--Wilmington (N.C.)
Type
still image
Medium
photographs
Physical Description
22.8cm x 17.7cm
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Comments
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 Mon Feb 4 05:17 PM  by richard j weinrich

I was a 16 years old engine room wiper from 4/1947 to 10/1947.Great experience for a youngster. I also remember stopping in mid-ocean to transfer a sick seaman from another ship to the Vance.ALSO THE TIME WE STOPPED NEAR BREMENHAVEN FOR SOME LOOSE FLOATIN MINES.
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 Sat May 26 09:36 PM  by Anthony Armstrong

My mother, Jean Armstrong, a GI War Bride from Stoke-On-Trent, England and my brother came to the U.S. on the Zebulon B. Vance on the same voyage. She lives in Oklahoma with my father. They have been married 67 years.
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 Thu Oct 28 01:33 PM  by

I came to this country as a GI bride on the Zebulon B. Vance. It docked in NY on April 4, 1946. Mayor Laguardia came and welcomed us to this country. It was a very bright sunny day. The voyage had taken 15 days and 15 nights because we had to come the great circle way to avoid mines possibly still in the ocean. It was a great ship.
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