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A fire under the pier (Berth 50) burned the wood pilings and flooring, and was extremely difficult to put out, lasting 4 days. After that, when the Long Beach Harbor Department rebuilt or added other piers they were solid concrete and heavy earth-fill.
Date
1946
Title
A fire under the pier (Berth 50) burned the wood pilings and flooring, and was extremely difficult to put out, lasting 4 days. After that, when the Long Beach Harbor Department rebuilt or added other piers they were solid concrete and heavy earth-fill.
Date
1946
Title
A fire under the pier (Berth 50) burned the wood pilings and flooring, and was extremely difficult to put out, lasting 4 days. After that, when the Long Beach Harbor Department rebuilt or added other piers they were solid concrete and heavy earth-fill.
Date
1946
Title
A fire under the pier (Berth 50) burned the wood pilings and flooring, and was extremely difficult to put out, lasting 4 days. After that, when the Long Beach Harbor Department rebuilt or added other piers they were solid concrete and heavy earth-fill.
Date
1946
Title
Hodgson-Greene-Haldiman Shipyard. Wooden hull of a large ocean-going tugboat designed by U.S. Army Transportation Corps. It held a 1200 horsepower diesel engine to tow wooden or concrete barges across the Pacific. Steel shortage was a price consideration in the design as well as in that of the barges.
Date
1944
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U.S. Navy "freezer" ship (YP 621) after delivery to them from builders, Hodgson-Greene-Haldiman Shipyard on W. 9th St.
Date
1944
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Power switchboard installed in a U.S. Navy YP621 refrigerator or freezer ship to carry frozen meat to the South Pacific. An interesting sidelight: the extreme shortage of copper required the substitution of pure silver for the "buss bars" and connecting bolts, nuts, etc.
Date
1944
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Freighter at Long Beach dock waiting to be loaded with drums of refined oil for Japan.
Date
1947
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Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
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Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
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Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
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California Chinese picket the ships loading scrap iron bound for Japan. It would be used for military weapons against the Chinese mainland.
Date
1940
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California Chinese picket the ships loading scrap iron bound for Japan. It would be used for military weapons against the Chinese mainland.
Date
1940
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California Chinese picket the ships loading scrap iron bound for Japan. It would be used for military weapons against the Chinese mainland.
Date
1940
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California Chinese picket the ships loading scrap iron bound for Japan. It would be used for military weapons against the Chinese mainland.
Date
1940
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California Chinese picket the ships loading scrap iron bound for Japan. It would be used for military weapons against the Chinese mainland.
Date
1940
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Loading 30-inch steel pipe for shipment to the Middle East oil fields to build oil pipelines across the desert.
Date
1947
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Loading 30-inch steel pipe for shipment to the Middle East oil fields to build oil pipelines across the desert.
Date
1947
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U.S. battleship "Iowa" at anchor in Long Beach Harbor.
Date
1948
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U.S. battleship "Iowa" at anchor in Long Beach Harbor.
Date
1948
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U.S. battleship "Iowa" at anchor in Long Beach Harbor.
Date
1948
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U.S. battleship "Iowa" at anchor in Long Beach Harbor.
Date
1948
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U.S. battleship "Iowa" at anchor in Long Beach Harbor.
Date
1948
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U.S. battleship "Iowa" at anchor in Long Beach Harbor.
Date
1948
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U.S. Navy Capt. Solomon, last captain of U.S. battleship "Iowa".
Date
1948
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U.S. Navy Capt. Solomon, last captain of U.S. battleship "Iowa".
Date
1948
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Captain Solomon, last skipper of the Battleship Iowa, bids crew farewell as they sail ship to "mothballs".
Date
1948
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The IOWA, last of the great battleships and the most modern, is shown anchored in Long Beach Harbor before being sent to battleship graveyard.
Date
1948
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The IOWA, last of the great battleships and the most modern, is shown anchored in Long Beach Harbor before being sent to battleship graveyard.
Date
1948
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The IOWA, last of the great battleships and the most modern, is shown anchored in Long Beach Harbor before being sent to battleship graveyard.
Date
1948
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Aircraft carrier "Valley Forge" in operation. (April 27)
Date
1949
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Aircraft carrier "Valley Forge" in operation. (April 27)
Date
1949
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Aircraft carrier "Valley Forge" in operation. (April 27)
Date
1949
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Aircraft carrier "Valley Forge" in operation. (April 27)
Date
1949
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Aircraft carrier "Valley Forge" in operation. (April 27)
Date
1949
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Aircraft carrier "Valley Forge" in operation. (April 27)
Date
1949
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Aircraft carrier "Valley Forge" in operation. (April 27)
Date
1949
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