clipping courtesy George Lisee, USS Tidewater AD31

George Lisee sent us this photo of the Tidewater from a news clipping. Here she is shown just before her launch in June 1945. The tender cost $10 million to build and was paid for by bond-buying Charleston Naval Shipyard workers. The construction took 15 months. Her sister ship, the USS Bryce Canyon, was launched only 15 days later - a lot of ship-building activity for Charleston during the ending months of World War II. (Official USNavy Photo)

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