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Title	S.S. Samhorn christening bottle & casket
Date.Original	1944-02-05
Description	Within this presentation casket is the bottle, wrapped in bunting, that Josephine Board Johnson of Chester christened the Liberty Ship "S.S. Samhorn" at her launch from way number two of Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation in Savannah, Georgia, February 5, 1944.
Notes	Ship Name SS Samhorn Hull No.2435 Way # 2 Ship type standard EC2-S-C1 Laid down 8 December 1943 Launched 5 February 1944 Delivered 25-February-1944 Disposition Scrapped 1960
Subject.TGM	Liberty ships Ships Launchings
Subject.local	War: WWII 1940-1945
Personal Name	Johnson, Josephine (Josie) C. Board, 1882-1947
Corporate Name	Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation United State Maritime Commission
Location	Savannah (Populated Place) - Chatham County - Georgia
HRVH Topic	Military Transportation Women
Format.Original	Artifact/Physical Object, 21.5 by 9.6 by 7.3 in. (54.6 x 24.3 x 18.6 cm)
Resource Type	Physical Object
Resource Identifier	chs-013666
Publisher.Digital	Chester Historical Society
Date.Digital	2010-11-02
Format.Digital	Image/jpeg
Holding Institution	Chester Historical Society
Contact Information	The Chester Historical Society 47 Main Street, Chester, NY 10918 email: chester_historical@mac.com url: www.ChesterHistoricalSociety.com The Chester Historical Society is a nonprofit organization as qualified under Section 501(c) (3) of the IRS code. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Rights	Use of copyright protected material requires the prior written permission from the Chester Historical Society. Material may be reproduced for educational, nonprofit use only, with "From the archives of the Chester Historical Society" citation. Please notify The Chester Historical Society of such use.
Technical Data	7 ea: jpeg 72 ppi RGB photo, Sony DSC-F717, saved as tiff, adjusted Graphic Converter, Prizmo corrected lens distortion, perspective, various sizes, 67.9 MB total.

Title	S.S. Samhorn christening bottle & presentation casket
Publisher.Digital	Chester Historical Society
Format.Digital	Image/jpeg
Holding Institution	Chester Historical Society
Contact Information	The Chester Historical Society 47 Main Street, Chester, NY 10918 email: chester_historical@mac.com url: www.ChesterHistoricalSociety.com The Chester Historical Society is a nonprofit organization as qualified under Section 501(c) (3) of the IRS code. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Rights	Use of copyright protected material requires the prior written permission from the Chester Historical Society. Material may be reproduced for educational, nonprofit use only, with "From the archives of the Chester Historical Society" citation. Please notify The Chester Historical Society of such use.

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