Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2008.12.001
Accession#:
2008.12
Credit Line:
Donated by James Thompson.
Object Name:
Booklet
Title:
The Gift of the People of Alaska to the U.S.S. Alaska
Date:
1944
Scope & Content:
4.75" x 6.75" paper booklet with the title: "THE GIFT OF THE PEOPLE OF ALASKA TO THE U.S.S. ALASKA" "JUNE, 1944". Stamped in black ink on the cover: "FROM OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OF ALASKA JUNEAU, ALASKA". Booklet commemorates the launching of the heavy cruiser "Alaska". It was the first important warship to be named Alaska and to bear the name of any United States territory,
Material: paper, ink, staples.
People:
Gruening, Ernest
Gruening, Dorothy
Dimond, John
Loussac, Z.J.
Folta, George
Thompson,James
Search Terms:
Military
Ship
Alaska
Celebration
War
WW2
Navy
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U.S.S. Alaska dedication June 1944U.S.S. Alaska dedication June 1944