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Title
C117132-41
Date(s)
- 1918-11-30 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Copy of glass plate, Richards Studio. Hundreds of shipyard employees and visitors gathered on November 30, 1918, at the Todd Yards for the launching a vessel. Its name may be the "Jacona". Todd Dry Dock & Construction Corporation was a major shipbuilder with plants on the Hylebos Waterway. Todd went on to build more than fifty ships for the Navy during WWII. Copy of glass plate was made on October 3, 1958.
Launchings--Tacoma--1910-1920; Todd Dry Dock & Construction Corp. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1910-1920;