Boats - Sailing - Ships
Aug. 08, 1955 - U.S, Merchant ship launched in Britain : Being built in a merseyside, England shipyard is the US merchant ship Leader 33, 000 - ton bauxite-ore carrier, and the largest of its kind in the world, picture shows Lunch time for two of the builders, after the launching of the leader at Birkenhead, mersweyside England. She is being built for the panore steamship co. Of new york by Camella laird and co, Britain has already built two other smaller bauxite - ore ships for the same line
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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