- Collection:
- Ships for Victory: J.A. Jones Construction Company and Liberty Ships in Brunswick, Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Mrs. Alfred W. Jones christening the Liberty ship Howard E. Coffin, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 Jan. 21]
- Date of Original:
- 1944-01-21
- Subject:
- J.A. Jones Construction Company
Howard E. Coffin (Ship)
Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick
Ships--Launching
Shipbuilding--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipyards--Georgia--Brunswick
Rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Brunswick
United States--Social life and customs
Champagne (Wine)
Wine bottles--Georgia--Brunswick
World War, 1939-1945--War work
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American - People:
- Jones, Alfred W., Mrs.
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Mrs. Alfred W. Jones breaking a bottle of champagne against the bow of the ship at the ceremonial launch of the Howard E. Coffin Liberty ship held in the J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard in Brunswick, Georgia. Named for automotive industrialist and Saint Simons Island and Sea Island developer Howard Earle Coffin (1873-1937), the ship was the twenty-fourth constructed in Brunswick by the J.A. Jones Construction Company. Its keel was laid November 30, 1943. The ship was launched January 21, 1944 and delivered January 31, 1944.
"24-9"--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. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj039
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj039#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj039/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of photograph, series, subseries, notebook number, photograph number], J.A. Jones Construction Company collection, Special Collections, Brunswick-Glynn County Library, Marshes of Glynn Libraries, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Original Collection:
- 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 1-39.
- Holding Institution:
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
- Rights:
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