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1962 Press Photo Sea test for largest U.S. built merchant ship, The Manhattan

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1962 Press Photo Sea test for largest U.S. built merchant ship, The Manhattan

Her 45 huge tanks filled with water to simulate a full cargo, the 940-foot tanker Manhattan, largest merchant vessel ever built in this country, undergoes sea trials in Massachusetts Bay. Built at the Bethlehem Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, the vessel has a cargo capacity of 38 million gallons of oil. She is due to be christened January 10 in shipboard ceremony.

Photo is dated 1962.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.
Her 45 huge tanks filled with water to simulate a full cargo, the 940-foot tanker Manhattan, largest merchant vessel ever built in this country, undergoes sea trials in Massachusetts Bay. Built at the Bethlehem Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, the vessel has a cargo capacity of 38 million gallons of oil. She is due to be christened January 10 in shipboard ceremony.

Photo is dated 1962.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.
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1962 Press Photo Sea test for largest U.S. built merchant ship, The Manhattan

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Her 45 huge tanks filled with water to simulate a full cargo, the 940-foot tanker Manhattan, largest merchant vessel ever built in this country, undergoes sea trials in Massachusetts Bay. Built at the Bethlehem Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, the vessel has a cargo capacity of 38 million gallons of oil. She is due to be christened January 10 in shipboard ceremony.

Photo is dated 1962.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.