United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.491491944-03-21Aerial view of the construction of the hull of the Samleyte at the J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard in Brunswick, Georgia. The engine had been installed by this point. Scaffolding and walkways are built around the ship, stairways are visible on both sides of the ship, the stairway on the starboard side of the ship leads to a ramp. Workers are visible on the inside of the ship, and on the dock below. On the right side of the photograph is a landing with piles of building materials. One of the "SAM" ships lent to Great Britain under lend lease terms, the Samleyte was the thirty-sixth ship built by the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia. Its keel was laid March 7, 1944. The ship was launched April 20, 1944 and delivered April 29, 1944."U.S.M.C. Hull - 2355, J.A.J. Co. Hull - 140, Keel Laid - 3/7/44, Photo - 3/21/44"--photograph.Original photograph scanned by the Brunswick-Glynn County Library. Described by the Digital Library of Georgia as a part of Georgia HomePLACE: an initiative of the Georgia Public Library Service and GALILEO.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Photograph held by the Special Collections, Brunswick-Glynn County Library, Marshes of Glynn Libraries, J.A. Jones Construction Company collection, Photographs series, Ships under construction subseries, notebook 1, photograph 1-23.J.A. Jones Construction CompanyUnited States. Maritime CommissionSamleyte (Ship)Liberty ships--Georgia--BrunswickLiberty ships--Design and constructionShipbuilding--Georgia--BrunswickShipyards--Georgia--BrunswickShipbuilding industry--EmployeesHulls (Naval architecture)Merchant marine--United States--History--20th centuryCargo ships--United States--History--20th centuryTemporary structures (Building)ScaffoldingDocks--Georgia--BrunswickShipbuilding--Aerial photographsBuilding materials--Georgia--BrunswickWorld War, 1939-1945--War workWorld War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, AmericanCranes, derricks, etc.--Georgia--Brunswick[Photograph of the Liberty ship Samleyte under construction, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia], 1944 Mar. 21SamleyteStillImage