Visual display of the YO 196 passing through drawbridge

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YO 196 passing through drawbridge

Author / Creator: Berns, Harry
Date: June 17, 1945
Description: Starboard side bow view of U.S. Navy YO 196 oil tanker (also referred to as a fuel oil barge or gasoline barge) with civilian workmen on deck, passing outbound down the Manitowoc River through the open Eighth Street drawbridge in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in June 1945, probably on her way to final sea trials in Lake Michigan. The YO 196 (Hull 402) was one of a number of oil tankers built for the U.S. Navy by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company during World War II. Her keel was laid down January 6, 1945; she was launched on March 24, 1945; and delivered to the Navy on June 16, 1945. In the background on the left, just south of the drawbridge, is the Fanny Farmer confectionery shop at 806 South Eighth Street. The large building on the right is the Henderson-Hoyt department store. Up river beyond the YO 196 are the Tenth Street Bridge and the low section of Elevator B, a large grain elevator. With the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company and Burger Boat Company building dozens of vessels, including submarines, for the Navy, scenes like this were common in Manitowoc during the World War II years.

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Photographer: Berns, Harry
Date: June 17, 1945
Collections: State of Wisconsin Collection; Wisconsin Local Histories; Wisconsin Goes to War; The Home Front: Manitowoc County in World War II; Manitowoc Local History Collection
Description of Original: 1 photograph : black and white ; 11 x 13 cm.
Local identifier: P68-1-5
Part of: The Home Front - Manitowoc County in World War II
Part of: Manitowoc Local History Collection

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