United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.491491944-12-14Myrtis Campbell, wife of office assistant and payroll superintendent Nat M. Campbell, christens the Felix Riesenberg in a ceremony held in the shipyard of the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia. Probably named for American naval historian Felix Riesenberg (1879-1939), the Felix Riesenberg was the seventy-second ship built by the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia. Its keel was laid November 16, 1944. The ship was launched December 14, 1944 and delivered December 26, 1944.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 1-86.J.A. Jones Construction CompanyFelix Riesenberg (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 Myrtis Campbell christening the Liberty ship Felix Riesenberg, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 Dec. 14?]Mrs. Campbell christens the Felix RiesenbergStillImage