File:SS David Rodgers under construction, Skinner & Eddy Corp, Seattle, December 15, 1917 (MOHAI 8947).jpg
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[edit]English: SS David Rodgers under construction, Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, December 15, 1917
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Webster & Stevens |
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English: SS David Rodgers under construction, Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, December 15, 1917 |
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English: David Rodgers (1865-1923) was a master shipfitter who worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station, Moran Brothers Company, Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, and was general manager at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard in Seattle from 1916 until 1919. Under Rodgers' management, the crew broke production speed records for ship construction and completed more ships for the U. S. war effort than any other American shipyard. This image of the SS David Rodgers shows the hull under construction with a man at work in the top left part of the structure. Launched on February 9, 1918, the ship was in service as a freighter until 1951. Photograph is part of an album titled "Photographs. S. S. David Rodgers" Caption on negative: Hull No 16, Date Dec..15.1917, Skinner and Eddy Corp., Seattle, U. S. A.
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English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
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Date | Taken on 15 December 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: 1 photographic print mounted on linen: b&w |
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height: 7.5 in (19 cm); width: 9.5 in (24.1 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,7.5U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,9.5U218593 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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Credit Line InfoField | MOHAI, Collection on David Rodgers, 2009.56.142 |
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