The Tidal Wave: July 4, 1918, 95 Ships Launched – Historic Print
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The Tidal Wave: July 4, 1918, 95 Ships Launched comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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The Tidal Wave: July 4, 1918, 95 Ships Launched
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On July 4, 1918, American shipyards launched 95 vessels on a single day, a show of industrial strength that the picture's title calls the "Tidal Wave." The launches came during the buildup of the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation, which was racing to replace merchant tonnage lost to German submarine attacks. Holding the launches on Independence Day made the event a patriotic spectacle as well as a production milestone. The scene captures how the war effort turned the nation's waterfronts into places of mass construction.
| Created / published | 1918 |
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| Original scan | 3,979 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 333_The_tidal_waveJuly_4_19_1918 |
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