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The S.S. ZEBULON B. VANCE, named for one of North Carolina's most respected citizens, was the first of 253 ships launched from the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington. The first contract, for the construction of 25 Liberty Ships, was awarded to North Carolina Shipbuilders in 1941 by the U.S. Maritime Commission. The first two Liberty keels were laid at Wilmington for the S.S. ZEBULON B. VANCE and the S.S. NATHANIEL GREENE.
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30821
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On Maritime Day, 1958, the United States steps across a new threshold as it lays the keel for the ship SAVANNAH--the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship. Named for the unprecedented voyage of the steamship SAVANNAH in 1819, the nuclear-powered vessel is a pioneering feat in the fields of atomic energy and engineering.
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