USS Paul Hamilton and USS Twiggs

Title:

USS Paul Hamilton and USS Twiggs

Date:

1943

Creator (Corporate):

United States Navy

Description:

Writing on bottom states, "196-43 US Navy Yard, SC. January 20, 1943. USS Paul Hamilton (DD590) and USS Twiggs (DD591). The keel was officially laid by stricking three arcs simutaneously on the keel of each vessel by the wives of Junior Officers assisted by thier husbands. View showing the combined group of both vessesls. (Names follow) File 14775."

Collection Title:

Charleston Naval Shipyard Photographs

Contributing Institution:

Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum

Media Type:

Images

Personal or Corporate Subject:

United States. Navy

Topical Subject:

Ships, World War II, and Shipyards

Geographic Subject:

Low Country

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Date Digital:

2010-09

Digitization Specifications:

600 ppi, 24-bit depth, color, Microtek ScanMaker i700, Archival Masters are jpegs.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Digital image copyright 2010, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum. All rights reserved. For more information contact Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Mt. Pleasant, SC.

Admin ID:

56332