Launching of MM 421 at Misener Industries Shipyard, AF

Creator

• George Skip Gandy IV

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Creation Date

8-6-1976

Abstract

The launching ceremony of the Misener Industries hull number 108, a freight barge named MM 421, on August 6, 1976 at the company's shipyard located at 5353 West Tyson Avenue in Tampa, Florida.

Alt Text

A barge with cylindrical ducts or vents on its deck slides into the water as it is launched from a shipyard, with piles of fill-dirt seen on the shipyard grounds and a bridge in the background. The scene appears to be captured on an overcast day.

Keywords

Shipbuilding industry, Shipyards, Barges

Subject: geographic

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Gandy commercial and aerial photography collection

Box

31

Digital Date

2024

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Identifier

Gandy 31_1137

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License

Recommended Citation

Gandy, George Skip IV, "Launching of MM 421 at Misener Industries Shipyard, AF" (1976). Gandy Photographs - Commercial. Image 12184.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gandy_commercial/12184