United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.491491944-01-01Mrs. I. M. Aiken christening the bow of the George W. Crawford, at a ceremonial Liberty ship launching, held in the shipyard of the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia. Men in the background look on. Named for U.S. Representative, Georgia Governor, and Secretary of War under Taylor George Walker Crawford (1798-1872), the ship was the twenty-second constructed in Brunswick by the J.A. Jones Construction Company. Its keel was laid November 16, 1943. The ship was launched January 1, 1944 and delivered January 13, 1944."22-8"--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, Ship launchings subseries, notebook 1, photograph 1-33.J.A. Jones Construction CompanyGeorge W. Crawford (Ship)Liberty ships--Georgia--BrunswickShips--LaunchingShipbuilding--Georgia--BrunswickShipyards--Georgia--BrunswickRites and ceremonies--Georgia--BrunswickUnited States--Social life and customsChampagne (Wine)Wine bottles--Georgia--BrunswickWorld War, 1939-1945--War workWorld War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American[Photograph of Mrs. I. M. Aiken christening the Liberty ship George W. Crawford, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 Jan. 1?]Christening the George W. CrawfordStillImage