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S.S. Bucyrus Victory Christening Photographs

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Title	S.S. Bucyrus Victory Christening Photographs
Subject	Military Ohio Transportation Ohio Women World War II Ships Women soldiers
Place	Bucyrus (Ohio) Crawford County (Ohio) Richmond (California) Contra Costa County (California)
Description	These three 8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm) photographs document the christening of the S.S. Bucyrus Victory on October 31, 1944. Sergeant Fegley of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve christened the ship. The S.S. Bucyrus Victory was launched by the Permanente Metals Corporation. The ship was named after the town of Bucyrus, Ohio and the citizens of Bucyrus donated funds to equip the ship with a complete library, athletic equipment, and games for the crew. It was commissioned by the United States Navy on November 29, 1944 under the command of Lieutenant Commander F. A. Geissert. The ship arrived at Pearl Harbor on January 3, 1945 and returned to San Francisco on January 20, 1945 after rescuing three survivors of an airplane crash en route. Between April 3, 1945 and June 30, 1945 the S.S. Bucyrus carried supplies to assault troops on Okinawa and their supporting units. The ship received one battle star for service in World War II. It was decommissioned for a pre-inactivation overhaul February 24, 1946 and returned to service April 24, 1946. The S.S. Bucyrus was sold for scrap in 1969.
Creator	Permanente Metals Corporation
Date of Original	October 31, 1944
Collection	S.S. Bucyrus Victory Photograph Collection
Source	Audiovisual material Pamphlet File
Submitting Institution	Bucyrus Public Library
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om2364_2811897_008
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om2364_2811897_008.tif
Image Height	3367
Image Width	4278
File Size	3843.527 KB

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