Possible Trumbly-designed sailboat. Company/location unknown.

Trumbly and students talking after unloading of a fortune in clear, air-dried, vertical grain Port Orford cedar for Windance. (L to R, Patrick Chapman, George Chambers, Trumbly; Tim Chambers behind Patrick)

Trumbly and students talking after unloading of a fortune in clear, air-dried, vertical grain Port Orford cedar for Windance. (L to R, Patrick Chapman, George Chambers, Trumbly; Tim Chambers behind Patrick)

Lowell School 6A Class, circa 1933, and teacher on school steps. The three boys on the right in the first row are wearing school crossing guard uniforms. (filed with Argentum)

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Students in Bates courtyard after unloading of Port Orford cedar.

Students in Bates courtyard after unloading of Port Orford cedar.

Unloading cedar; vertical shot.

Mrs. C.E. Taylor, wife of commander C.E. Taylor, ordnance officer 13th Naval district, was photographed holding the traditional spray of roses presented to a ship's sponsor. Mrs. Taylor was acting as the sponsor for the USS Sunset. The escort carrier was launched July 15, 1943 at the Tacoma yard of the Seattle- Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. The vessel was later transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned as the HMS Thane. (Sea-Tac Keel, Vol. II, No. II, pg. 6, July 24, 1943 issue; wikipedia.org)

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Cab of R.D. Tucker truck, Langlois, Oregon, where cedar was logged and sawn; this truck brought the cedar.

Trumbly talking with someone by stack of cedar, with students milling around.

Photographed next to the USS Sunset during its July 15, 1943 launching are O.A. Tucker, General Manager of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., and the ship's sponsor Mrs. C.E. Taylor. Mrs. Taylor, well dressed in white gloves and picture hat, holds the traditional spray of roses. (Sea-Tac Keel, Vol. II, No. II, pg. 6, July 24, 1943 issue; wikipedia.org)

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Trumbly talking with someone by stack of cedar, with students milling around.

Bates boatbuilding class field trip to Coolidge Propeller in Seattle. (Unknown apparatus)

With a determined look on her face, Mrs. C.E. Taylor takes a firm grip on the champagne bottle and breaks it against the new escort carrier, christening her the USS Sunset. The ship was launched July 15, 1943 at the Tacoma yard of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. The vessel did not retain her original moniker however, as she was transferred in November of 1943 to the Royal Navy and commissioned as HMS Thane. The ship operated in the North Atlantic until she was torpedoed by a German U-boat in January of 1945. She was dismantled for scrap in 1946. (Sea-Tac Keel, Vol. II, No. II, pg. 6, July 24, 1943 issue; wikipedia.org)

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Bates boatbuilding class field trip to Coolidge Propeller in Seattle. (Students in outdoor storage yard, listening to Coolidge guide)

Bates boatbuilding class field trip to Coolidge Propeller in Seattle. (Students in outdoor storage yard, listening to Coolidge guide)

Trumbly-designed sailboat hull after release from mold. Company/location unknown.

On July 15, 1943, the USS Sunset (CVE 48) slid down the ways at the Tacoma yard of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., the 43rd ship to be launched at the Tacoma yard. Although launched, the escort carrier was never commissioned in the US Navy. Instead, it was transferred on lend-lease to the British Royal Navy in November of 1943, where it was commissioned as the HMS Thane. The vessel operated as a ferry and convoy transport escort in the North Atlantic until it was torpedoed by a German U-boat January 15, 1945. The ship survived but was deemed unrepairable and was scrapped in 1946. (Sea-Tac Keel, Vol. II, No. II, pg. 6, July 24, 1943 issue; wikipedia.org) TPL-9655

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Bates boatbuilding class field trip to Coolidge Propeller in Seattle. (Students in outdoor storage yard, listening to Coolidge guide)

Bates boatbuilding class field trip to Coolidge Propeller in Seattle. (Mark Klarich standing next to massive propeller mold; Brian Gabe (name correct?) and Lenny Viola in background)

On July 15, 1943, a variety of hard-hatted workers, men in business suits and uniformed military men watched the USS Sunset slide down the ways at the Tacoma yard of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard. The vessel would later be transferred to the Royal Navy who would rename her the HMS Thane. (Sea-Tac Keel, Vol. II, No. II, pg. 6, July 24, 1943 issue; wikipedia.org)

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Bates boatbuilding class field trip to Coolidge Propeller in Seattle. (Massive propeller blades; 2 workers to left; Armen Melkonian in black coat; Dean to right of him)

Washington School 6A Class photographed outside the school In June of 1933. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington School (Tacoma);

Bates boatbuilding class field trip to Coolidge Propeller in Seattle. (2 workers to left, Armen Melkonian far right)

Mrs. C.E. Taylor, holding roses, poses with a group of unidentified women during the July 15, 1943 launching of the USS Sunset. Mrs. Taylor was acting as sponsor for the vessel, which was launched at the Tacoma yard of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. Standing in front of Mrs. Taylor is a child believed to be her daughter. Mrs. Taylor was the wife of Commander C.E. Taylor, ordnance officer 13th Naval District. (Sea-Tac Keel, Vol. II, No. II, pg. 6, July 24, 1943 issue; wikipedia.org; names of those in sponsor's party listed in article TNT 7/16/1943, pg. 7)

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Mrs. C.E. Taylor, sponsor for the July 15, 1943 launching of the USS Sunset, poses with a group of unidentified women and military men at the Tacoma yard of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. Mrs. Taylor holds the traditional spray of roses and has one arm resting on the shoulder of her young daughter, who is attired in a replica of an overseas campaign hat. The women are probably the wives of the military officers and shipyard officials. Commander C.E. Taylor is standing second from left. (TNT 7/16/1943, pg. 7- names of sponsor's party in article)

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Mrs. C.E. Taylor smiles up at O.A. Tucker, general manager of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., while standing arm in arm with her husband Commander C.E. Taylor. Mrs. Taylor holds a spray of roses while Commander Taylor holds a beribboned bottle of champagne. Mrs. Taylor will be using the champagne to christen the escort carrier USS Sunset prior to her July 15, 1943 launching. The Sunset is the 43th ship to be christened at the Tacoma yard. (TNT 7/16/1943, pg. 7)

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