Launching of (AGOR 14) R/V Melville

• 1968

Located in Series 2) U.S. NAVY FILMS.

This digital file is a surrogate of an item from the SIO Archive Film Collection (Box 2, Folder 10).

1 film reel (5 min., 29 sec.) ; silent, color ; 16mm

Launch of an AGOR 14 (Auxiliary General Oceanography Research) oceanographic research vessel named MELVILLE at Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan on July 10, 1968. The vessel was built by the U.S. Navy Oceanographic Office for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The film includes: shipyard scenes, images of three vessels (including R/V MELVILLE and a U.S. Navy Ship S.P. Lee), crowd at the launching, and workers using a crane to launch the vessel. By J. Walczak.

• Melville (Ship)

• Oceanographic research ships

• video

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Online finding aid

• SIO Archives Film Collection

• UC Regents

[Title, Date]. SIO Archive Film Collection. SMC 42. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

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2021-11-29