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Launching of United States Coast Guard ship African Comet (later renamed USS Arthur Middleton)

United States Coast Guard C-3 Cargo Passenger Vessel African Comet at Ingalls Shipbuilding port. (Ship later renamed the USS Arthur Middleton, AP-55, APA-25). Sailors on deck. Workers working at the vessel. Wooden planks being lifted at the dry dock after launch.

Location: Pascagoula Mississippi

Date: 1941, June 28

Duration: 2 min 7 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Launch of US Coast Guard Cargo Passenger vessel C-3 African Comet (AP-55, APA-25)

US Coast Guard Cargo Passenger vessel C-3 African Comet leaving port of Ingalls shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Later the African Comet was renamed the USS Arthur Middleton (AP-55, APA-25) and carried a joint crew of US Navy and US Coast Guard. Miss Mary Maud Farrell the sponsor, dressed in white. Dignitaries and crowd gather for launch. Sailors on deck. Film camera equipment on deck. Two other boats seen with African Comet.

Location: Pascagoula Mississippi

Date: 1941, June 28

Duration: 1 min 32 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Passenger ship African Comet launched from Ingalls shipyard in Mississippi.

View of the first all-welded passenger ship, the C-3 African Comet standing at Ingalls Shipyard. Workers remove wooden support beams beneath the ship. Young woman sponsor, Mary Maud Farrell, on occasion, with rose in hand. Bystanders bid farewell when Comet leaves dock area. (Ship was later renamed the USS Arthur Middleton AP-55, APA-25).

Location: Pascagoula Mississippi

Date: 1941, June 28

Duration: 44 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: None