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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The Korean War, 1950-1953 --

Activities in the United States, 1951 - July 1953 --
Ship Reactivations and Shipbuilding, 1952


This page features images of Korean War ship reactivation and construction activities in the United States during 1952.

For additional views of 1951-53 Korean War activities in the United States, see: Activities in the United States, 1951 - July 1953.

For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-447599

    USS Impervious (AM-449)


    Is christened by Miss Mary Lin Moore, during launching ceremonies at the Martinolich Shipbuilding Company shipyard, San Diego, California, 29 August 1952.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 92KB; 590 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-447598

    USS Impervious (AM-449)


    Ready for christening, during launching ceremonies at the Martinolich Shipbuilding Company shipyard, San Diego, California, on 29 August 1952.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 139KB; 580 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     

    For additional views of 1951-53 Korean War activities in the United States, see: Activities in the United States, 1951 - July 1953.

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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    16 August 2000