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Jobs, pay­checks! The Econ­o­my! Ship­build­ing from 1939 to 1945 was non stop. 1943 Sue Wil­son of Van­cleave, Miss.

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Jobs, pay­checks! The Econ­o­my! They came to work! Ship­build­ing from 1939 to 1945 was non stop. 1943 — E. C. Cok­er, of Philadel­phia, Miss.

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Jobs, pay­checks! The Econ­o­my! Ship­build­ing from 1939 to 1945 was non stop. It was ’round the clock — A hard day’s night for many.

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin USS Con­sti­tu­tion added 2 new pho­tos. Take a look at the first offi­cial USS Con­sti­tu­tion com­mand pho­to tak­en in Dry Dock One locat­ed in Charlestown Navy Yard. HUZZAH!!!!

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Just TWO more of the hun­dreds of ship­builders.… May 1877 Adver­tise­ments, Star of Pascagoula News­pa­per R. D. SMITH, SHIPBUILDER AND SPARMAKER, East Pascagoula, Miss. FIRST YARD ABOVE R.R. BRIDGE Ves­sel hauled out and repaired prompt­ly, and on…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin MARITIME Pio­neer Capt. THOMAS RHODES of the Mis­sis­sip­pi Sound, Pascagoula, Escataw­pa, Mobile and Alaba­ma Rivers. A real pio­neer, CAPTAIN THOMAS RHODES, was one of the first OR THE FIRST to estab­lish a line of STEAMBOATS between Mobile…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin USS Hayler (DD997) Mul­ti­mis­sion Destroy­er — Litton/Ingalls Feb 10, 1983 Naval His­to­ry & Her­itage Com­mand with Hoang De The USS Hayler (DD 997) pulls along side USS Theodore Roo­sevelt (CVN 71) for refu­el­ing at sea on June…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin JUNE 6 — On this day in 1944, Allied forces land troops on Nor­mandy beach­es for the largest amphibi­ous land­ing in his­to­ry — Oper­a­tion Over­lord (D‑Day). April 10, 1941 the C3 Car­go Ship “SS EXCELSIOR” — 3rd…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Pascagoula has been involved in boat build­ing for so many years! The Pascagoula Riv­er was the LARGEST ship­build­ing site on the Gulf Coast from 1811 to 1830. Twelve were record­ed in the New Orleans Port records, but…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Unit­ed States Coast Guard Divi­sion 8, Off­shore Patrol Force PASCAGOULA PORT, 1927–1935 Pascagoula Select­ed As Port  For Six 100-Foot Cut­ters of Coast Guard Flotil­la Will Arrive From Atlantic Seaboard Lat­ter Part of May. Cham­ber of Com­merce Gives Effec­tive Co-oper­a­­tion…
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Watch And Hear The Last Time The Bat­tle­ship Wis­con­sin Fired Its Big Guns This awe­some video, shot on May 16th, 1991, doc­u­ment­ed the last time the Iowa Class Bat­tle­ship USS Wis­con­sin (BB-64) fired off its main bat­tery.  Fol­low link for entire…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin The Gov­er­nor Stone at the recent Bil­ly Bowlegs Pirate Fes­ti­val. Gov­er­nor Stone added 3 new photos.

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Naval His­to­ry & Her­itage Com­mand with Jon Gof­fre­di and Rod­er­ick Besaw VIRGINIA CAPES (June 2, 2015) The Arleigh Burke-class guid­ed-mis­­sile destroy­er USS Mitsch­er (DDG 57), right, pro­vides a warm wel­come to the French tall ship repli­ca the…
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