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All slicked up - split bananas on skids under the launching cradle [for ship] – Historic Print

All slicked up - split bananas on skids under the launching cradle [for ship], [ca. 1942] — historic photograph
All slicked up - split bananas on skids under the launching cradle [for ship], [ca. 1942]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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All slicked up - split bananas on skids under the launching cradle [for ship]

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Its title names a small but telling part of a launch: split bananas, the greased skids laid beneath the launching cradle so a hull could slide down the ways toward the water. The U.S. Maritime Commission took the photograph around 1942, when shipyards were turning out cargo ships at a rapid pace for the war effort. Such working parts are rarely seen once a vessel is afloat, which makes this close view of the launch gear worth a second look.

Created / published[ca. 1942]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by U.S. Maritime Commission. No. 1900. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: WWII--Industry; WWII--US; Ships--Launchings; ?!Banana trade; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,236 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-140065

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