kaiser shipyards

c.1945

Black and white photograph of hundreds of workers outside Kaiser Shipyards.

c.1945

Black and white photograph of an African American woman. She is wearing leather gloves, a scarf and straw hat and is holding a broom over her right shoulder. Her image is in clear focus with...

c.1945

Black and white photograph depicting a the hull of a ship, supported by scaffolding, dry-docked at Kaiser shipyards. Photo shows anchor suspended from steel cables, two workers in hardhats below...

c.1945

Black and white photograph of a Kaiser ship being built. A large crane at right is lowering a section marked "UNIT / 530" onto a deck while six workers in hard hats watch from below in the...

Launching Day of the S.S. "Wake Forest Victory"
03/31/45

Black and white photo entitled: Launching Day of the S.S. "Wake Forest Victory." Front of ship is depicted behind a raised platform with speakers. Ship has a sign on the bough that...

c.1945

Black & white photograph taken at Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California of a ship under construction. There is scaffolding to both sides and workmen are seen on various portions of the...

c.1945

Black and white photograph of a Kaiser ship under construction at night. Ship is dry docked between scaffolding and several lights illuminate various sections of the ship.

c.1945

Black and white photograph of Kaiser shipyards (?) as seen from the water. Image depicts at least six ships in port with metal cranes and clouds in the background.

c.1945

Black and white photograph of cranes and other machinery (probably at Kaiser Shipyards) in silhouette with a dramatic cloudy sky in the backgrounds.

c.1945

Black and white photograph of work going on at Kaiser Shipyards. The bottom left corner has building 179 with buildings 175 and 174 further in the distance to the right. A large crane with the...

c.1945

Black and white photograph of the scaffolding at Kaiser shipyard. There is a ship in the far right corner and workers in the bottom left. Cranes can be seen in the background.

1944

Commemoration program (a) and envelope (b) given to employees of the Pre-Fab yard at Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond. On the front cover is "To the Employees of the Permanente Metals Corporation for...

16-Nov-42

Written on back of photograph "Down the Way, Time: 11:50 pm, Nov. 16, 1942. Total Timeon way: 2 days 23 hours and 50 minutes. The construction of this ship was the fasted on record. For more...

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