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Photo #: NH 57702 USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) -- at left -- and USS Buchanan (DD-484) Ready for launching, at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard, Kearny, New Jersey, on 22 November 1941. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 143KB; 590 x 765 pixels
Photo #: NH 56640 USS Buchanan (DD-484) Is christened by Miss Hildreth Meiere, at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard, Kearny, New Jersey, on 22 November 1941. Looking on at left is Rear Admiral Harold G. Bowen, USN. His labor advisor, Daniel S. Ring, is standing beside RAdm. Bowen. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 615 pixels
Photo #: NH 56638 USS Buchanan (DD-484) Slides down the building ways, during her launching at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard, Kearny, New Jersey, on 22 November 1941. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 122KB; 590 x 765 pixels

For other photographs of USS Buchanan, see:

USS Buchanan (DD-484), 1942-1949.

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