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U.S.S. Gildersleeve on the launching ways, Gildersleeve.
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Title
U.S.S
.
Gildersleeve
on the
launching
ways
,
Gildersleeve
.
Place
Gildersleeve (Conn.)
Topic
Steamboats
Ships
Shipyards
Shipbuilding industry -- Employees
Automobiles
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Gildersleeve (Steamship)
Gildersleeve Ship Construction Company (Portland, Conn.)
United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
Theme
Infrastructure
Livelihood
Description
Partial
view
of a
vessel
identified
as the
USS
[SS]
Gildersleeve
on the
launching
ways
at
Gildersleeve
Shipbuilding
Co
.,
Gildersleeve
,
1917
. A
group
of
men
identified
as
possibly
the
shipbuilding
crew
is
in
front
of the
vessel
. An
automobile
, with a
man
standing
on the
running
board
,
can
be
seen
to the
left
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
. The
S.S
.
Gildersleeve
was
built
by the
Gildersleeve
Ship
Construction
Company
, and
is
listed
as a
United
States
Shipping
Board
Emergency
Fleet
Corporation
vessel
,
acquired
on
October
10
,
1919
. The
Emergency
Fleet
Corporation
was
formed
ten
days
after
the
United
States
entered
World
War
I
in
1917
.
It
was
commissioned
to
build
,
equip
,
maintain
and
operate
merchant
vessels
.
Established
as
S
.
Gildersleeve
and
Sons
, ca.
1821
, the
company
became
Gildersleeve
Shipbuilding
Company
in
1908
. Its
name
was
changed
to
Gildersleeve
Ship
Construction
Company
, ca.
1917
. The
company
remained
active
until
1932
, by then also
building
icehouses
and
other
structures
.
Dates
for
launching
of the
Gildersleeve
are
variously
given
as
1917
and
1918
.
Mounted
on
gray
card
.
Card
dimensions
:
9
3/8
x
11
1/8
in.
Date created
[ca
.
1918]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
gelatin
print
;
7
5/8
x
9
5/8
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1954.1314
File
name
:
IMG0044-4199.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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