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- 1972-08-12
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
Launching. The "M/V Atlantis" was successfully launched on Saturday evening, August 12, 1972, at Tacoma Boatbuilding. The ship, with a 41-foot beam, was owned by M/V Atlantis Corporation of California. She had a frozen fish capacity of 1500 tons. Captaining the ship will be Arthur Ferreira whose wife served as the ship's sponsor; this would be the third Tacoma Boatbuilding vessel that Captain Ferreira has owned jointly with Edmund Gann. The $3,000,000 fishing boat would leave to San Diego in mid-December after completion of four sea trials. Color photograph ordered by Tacoma Boatbuilding. (TNT 8-14-72, p. 27 -article; TNT 12-15-72, B-7 -article on ship trials)
Launchings--Tacoma--1970-1980; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1970-1980; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1970-1980; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);