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B+W photo of welding new stern frame for MV Grand Justice, machine shop, Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken, n.d., ca. March 1975.

Photograph

DescriptionBlack-and-white photo of welding new stern frame for MV Grand Justice in machine shop at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa March 1975. 8" x 10" print. Photographer not indicated; inkstamped photo number on reverse 63562A10. Attached: mimeographed press release; full text is in notes. The Machine shop interior with welder at work on the laminated steel plates. Documentation photo used for publicity promotion. Not stated in the press release(s) is that the grounding that caused the damage happened on December 20, 1974 which allowed the dating of all the photo(s) and press releases as 1975. This photo is one of five in a press kit accompanied by a full page press release (which was obviously issued after May 1975 as it states the work was completed and the ship departed Hoboken on May 15.) This group is catalogued in the sequence 2011.025.0340 to .0344. The photos are given dates related to the vessels timeline in Hoboken.

Entry/Object ID

2011.025.0344

Acquisition

Accession

2011.025

Source or Donor

Cangelosi, Joseph

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Joseph Cangelosi.

Made/Created

Artist

n/a

Date made

1975

Place

Location

Hoboken

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: [text of attached press release] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE By fabricating a stern frame from laminated, welded steel plate, instead of forging, Bethlehem Steel's Hoboken yard saved eight months in repair time for the Liberian bulk carrier MV GRAND JUSTICE. # 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 Photo No. 63526A10 570160 [end attached press release] ______________ [TEXT OF FULL PAGE PRESS RELEASE; filed with photo 2011.025.0340] 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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE When the Liberian bulk carrier MV GRAND JUSTICE ran aground in the St. Lawrence River, she cracked her stern frame, tore off her rudder, damaged her tail shaft, and bent her propeller. Fully loaded with grain, the 10,030- gross-ton ship was towed to Bethlehem Steel's Hoboken (N.J.) ship repair yard where she arrived on January 29. There the eight-year-old, 484-foot-long ship was drydocked and surveyed. The chief concern was the rebuilding of the stern frame. / Because of an order backlog in forging shops, the GRAND JUSTICE might have to wait as long as a year. However, Hoboken yard officials were familiar with a faster way, a rarely used method of building stern frames from laminated steel plate. In the yard's machine shop, eight plates, each about 3 inches thick were squirt welded and then reinforced by 20 1-1/2-inch bolts. Meanwhile, the shop fabricated a new rudder, sent the rudder stock to the company's plant in Bethlehem, Pa., for straightening and sent the bent propeller to a sub contractor for repair. The GRAND JUSTICE, with all repairs completed, departed the Hoboken yard on May 15, less than four months after her arrival. # 570160 [end full page press release] Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-05-03