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5448Painting S.S. Acadia
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Transportation - Water
  • Unknown
  • 1932
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The last brush of paint. Workmen putting finishing touches to the S.S. Acadia, the new Eastern Steamship liner, just before launching at he Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia on Saturday last, February 13, 1932. Note the giant blades and shaft projecting from the hull of one of the twin screws.
5414View of the deck of Steamship Acadia
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Transportation - Water
  • Unknown
Description:
View of a deck on the Steamship Acadia.
5415Full view of Steamship Acadia
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Transportation - Water
  • Unknown
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Full view of the Steamship Acadia.
5445Towing hte S.S. Acadia to berth after launch
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Transportation - Water
  • Unknown
Description:
Ready for the finishing touches.S.S. Acadia of the Eastern Steamship Lines being towed to her outfitting berth after the launching at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. This ship was in service between New York and Yarmouth. It became a hospital ship during World War II. Local woman, Louine Lunt Peck, Army Nurse served on the Acadia. .
5420Propeller of Steamship Acadia
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Transportation - Water
  • Unknwon
Description:
Man standing next to the propeller of Steamship Acadia..