[Photograph of Hugh F. Aiken at the launching of the Liberty ship Thomas Butler King, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 Aug. 7?] Hugh F. Aiken with portrait of Thomas Butler King

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Title
[Photograph of Hugh F. Aiken at the launching of the Liberty ship Thomas Butler King, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 Aug. 7?] Hugh F. Aiken with portrait of Thomas Butler King
Description
Hugh F. Aiken on left with portrait of Thomas Butler King at the launching of the Thomas Butler King Liberty ship from the J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard in Brunswick, Georgia. On the right, the unidentified man might possibly be Nat M. Campbell, executive assistant, and later, a payroll superintendent for the J.A. Jones Construction Company. The edges of the photograph have yellowed. Named for Coastal Georgia planter and politician Thomas Butler King (1800-1864), the ship was the fiftieth constructed in Brunswick by the J.A. Jones Construction Company. Its keel was laid June 23, 1944. The ship was launched August 7, 1944 and delivered August 19, 1944.||"50-5"--photograph. Original photograph scanned by the Brunswick-Glynn County Library. Described by the Digital Library of Georgia as a part of Georgia HomePLACE: an initiative of the Georgia Public Library Service and GALILEO.
Format
image/jpeg
Date
1944-08-07
Extent
1 photograph : b&w
Medium
black-and-white photographs
Subject
J.A. Jones Construction Company
Thomas Butler King (Ship)
Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick
Ships--Launching
Shipbuilding--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipyards--Georgia--Brunswick
Rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Brunswick
United States--Social life and customs
World War, 1939-1945--War work
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American
King, T. Butler (Thomas Butler), 1800-1864||Aiken, Hugh F.||Campbell, Nat M.
Type
StillImage
Bibliographic Citation
Cite as: [title of photograph, series, subseries, notebook number, photograph number], J.A. Jones Construction Company collection, Special Collections, Brunswick-Glynn County Library, Marshes of Glynn Libraries, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
Source
Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
Spatial Coverage
United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
Site pages
Image Index