launching
28 photos tagged launching, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.
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- people
- aircraft
- ship
- shipyard
- aviation
- libraryofcongress
- unitedstatesnavy
- xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
- hornet
- flightdeck
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- sdasm
- battleship
- usnavy
- usn
- shiplaunching
- fa18c
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Members using this tag
- SDASM Archives
- The Library of Congress
- North East Museums
- SMU Libraries Digital Collections
- U.S. National Archives
Photos
Photos tagged launching:
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Recent uploads
The last upload was November 2020.
KSC-96PC-1245_3 from SDASM Archives uploaded November 2020
image from us military from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2018
image from us military from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2018
image from us military from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2018
image from us military from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2018
lockheed image from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2018
grumman image from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2018
[Army Wright A Testing] from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded August 2017
Atlas Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2017
Atlas Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2017
Atlas Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2017
Mauretania sliding down the slipway from North East Museums uploaded August 2016
Lt. J.W. Wilcox, Jr. Margaret DeBaca (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2015
Launch of NEW MEXICO (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2015
Launching the Holyhead Ferry from North East Museums uploaded August 2013
Conversations
Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos:
Launch of NEW MEXICO (LOC)
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B-59 said:
"USS New Mexico (BB-40) was a battleship in service with the United States Navy from 1918 to 1946." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Mexico_%28BB-40%29
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B-59 said:
A very similar photo was printed in the Richmond times-dispatch., June 20, 1917, Image 14 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-06-20/ed-...
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Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Mexico_(BB-40)
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Art Siegel said:
This launching, on April 23, 1917, was under wartime conditions, with the crowd limited to 1,000 under high security. Crowds of 25,000 had seen prior battleship launches. query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9904E4D8153AE4...
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Anne (LOC P&P) said:
B-59, Richard Norton, and Art Siegel: Thanks for pointing us to more complete information on this ship and the launching event. It will be great to include additional information in our next update to the description.