- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of the U.S.S. Forsyth, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, 1944 May 20]
- Date of Original:
- 1944
- Subject:
- Frigates
Armed Forces
Politics and government
Transportation - Location:
- United States, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 41.4995, -81.69541
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Cleveland, Ohio, 20 May 1944. U.S.S. Forsyth. This 303-foot frigate launched from the Cleveland yards of the American Ship Building Company. Herman Talmadge was born in Forsyth County. The people of Forsyth raised much money in war bonds. Carl Vinson had something to do with getting the ship."--from field notes
2003/07/21: The USS Forsyth (PF - 102) was launched during World War II (May 1944) by the American Shipbuilding Company. Sponsored by Miss Mary Persons, she was commissioned in February 1945 under the command of LCDR E. M. Osborne, USCGR. The final military action of the Battle of the Atlantic ended when the Coast Guard-manned Durant and Vance accepted the surrender of U-873, and the U-234 surrendered to the USS Forsyth. The USS Forsyth was decommissioned in New Orleans, Louisiana on 2 August 1946. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_usa035
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:usa035
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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