- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Brunswick Shipyard
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1939/1946
- Subject:
- History
Archaeology - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Georgia's coastal region played a critical role in the U.S. Maritime Commission's $350 million shipbuilding program. During its peak production years in 1943 and 1944, the Brunswick shipping yard employed more than 16,000 men and women and constructed ninety-nine "Liberty ships" for the war effort.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/world-war-ii-in-georgia/m-10375/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/vg2/id/7528/rec/1
- Original Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
