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B+W photo of tanker Asopos in dry dock Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken, n.d, ca. 1972-1976.
Photograph
Black-and-white photo of tanker Asopos in dry dock at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1972-1976. 8" x 10" print. Photographer not indicated; inkstamped photo number on reverse 60831A4. Attached: mimeographed press release; full text is notes.
Documentation photo used for publicity promotion. Note the vessel extends over the end of the drydock. The press release noted it was the "largest vessel ever lifted in a floating
dry dock in the New York Harbor."
The view is apparently a low altitude aerial photo from over the Hudson River looking northwest.
2011.025.0330
2011.025
Cangelosi, Joseph
Gift
Gift of Joseph Cangelosi.
n/a
1972 - 1976
Hoboken
Date: 1972-1976
8 in
10 in
Good
Notes: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The ASOPOS, the largest vessel ever lifted in a floating dry dock in the New York Harbor at Bethlehem Steel's Hoboken yard. The 62,700-deadweight-ton tanker is 775 feet long and 106 feet wide. # From: Bruce Lake, News Media Relations Public Affairs Department Bethlehem Steel Corporation 375 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10022 Phone: (212) 688-5522, Ext. 311 370190 Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-05-03