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African American captain and part of the crew on the day of the launching of the liberty ship SS Frederick Douglass

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Caption on back: "Twenty-nine days after the keel was slid, the SS Frederick Douglass, third liberty ship named for a Negro, was launched in Baltimore, Md., on May 23; The thousands of workers and friends who witnessed the launching were given an added thrill by seeing the Negro captain and part of the crew of the new vessel; They are, left to right: John B. Clark of New York City, third mate; Vincent Davis [white] chief engineer; and looking over Mr. Davis's shoulder is Charles Harris of Pawtucket, R. I., first assistant engineer; Captain Adrian Richardson of New York City, skipper of the SS Frederick Douglass; and Ferdinand Smith, Secretary of the National Maritime Union, who presented Captain Richardson with the scroll holding in his right hand.
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
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1943 05 22
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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Keywords

  1. African American Men
  2. African American Ship Captains
  3. African American Soldiers
  4. African Americans
  5. Armed Forces
  6. Baltimore (Md.)
  7. Launchings
  8. Liberty Ships
  9. Military Uniforms
  10. United States
  11. World War, 1939 1945

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