Margaret Hutchinson Compton and others at boat launch, 1945

Object summary

Title: Margaret Hutchinson Compton and others at boat launch, 1945
Object ID: GCP-00007333
Date made: 1945-05-12
Place made: United States, Maryland, Baltimore, Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard
Maker: Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Incorporated
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Margaret Hutchinson Compton christens a ship at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland. J. M. Willis stands right and Karl Taylor Compton is visible behind them. Text on recto reads "Launching 57th Victory Ship, Fairfield, MD. -- May 12, 1945, S.S. 'M.I.T. Victory'".