Title
Aerial view of the Kaiser shipyards in Vancouver, Washington
Caption
Aerial view of the shipyards of the Kaiser
Shipbuilding Corporation in Vancouver, Washington, 1943-1944.
The photo shows escort aircraft carriers under construction, starting with the hulls of cargo ships.
Info+
Kaiser had no shipyard or any experience in shipbuilding in 1940. Five years later, it owned seven shipyards, had become the largest shipbuilding group in the world and, up until the Japanese surrender in September 1945, delivered 1,490 ships (including 821 Liberty Ships, 50 escort aircraft carriers, 219 Victory Ships, 24 cargo ships for transporting various products, 45 troop transports, 87 assault transports, 45 LST, 12 frigates and 147 tankers, representing 15 million tons.
Date
1943
Credit line
Photo12/Collection Bernard Crochet
Reference
CRO01169_017
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
13,0Mb (1,3Mb) / 7,9in x 6,4in / 2362 x 1922 (300dpi)