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USS Annapolis (PF-15) goes down the ways, sideways, at her launching at the American Shipbuilding Co. of Lorain, Ohio, 16 October 1943. This procedure was necessitated by the constricted waters into which ships at some yards were launched. (NH 66293)
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USS Annapolis (PF-15) goes down the ways, sideways, at her launching at the American Shipbuilding Co. of Lorain, Ohio, 16 October 1943. This procedure was necessitated by the constricted waters into which ships at some yards were launched. (NH 66293) {{P