YW-128 Sponsor Box

Object/Artifact

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Door County Maritime Museum

Name/Title

YW-128 Sponsor Box

Entry/Object ID

1997.1.310

Tags

Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co.

Description

Sponsor box: varnished wood; metal latch; black plastic plate "U.S. Navy Water Barge YW-128 built by Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Launched May 22, 1945 Sponsor Miss Marian O. Writt, Co-sponsor Mrs. Gertrude V. Kuehn"; contents: red, white, and blue ribbon and remnants of champagne bottle.

Location

exhibit

SB-P-5

Gallery

SB-P

Building

Door County Maritime Museum