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Title: Tugboats escorting SL-7
Creator: (71274-5)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1970
Contributing Institution: Long Beach Public Library
Collection: Long Beach Photos
Rights Information: For information about copyright and ordering images from the LBPL Digital Archive, see https://www.longbeach.gov/library/research/long-beach-history-and-special-collections/.
Description: Shown leaving Long Beach Harbor, this aerial image taken from over the ocean shows tugboats escorting the SL-7 container ship of Sea-Land Service, Incorporated. It was one of the largest container ships in transpacific service, with a speed of 33 knots. It was 74 feet shorter than the Queen Mary and carried 1096 containers, each being 35" x 40" in size. Downtown Long Beach high rises and portions of the harbor are visible in the background. The Queen Mary is visible in the central background, just in front of Grissom oil island. DATE NOTES: Circa 1970's. ORIG. IMAGE: 8" x 10" B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: Yes. KEYWORDS: Port. (ss) DATE NOTES: Circa 1970's. ORIG. IMAGE: 8" x 10" B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: KEYWORDS:
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: LBPL_5442.tiff
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/996
Subject: Long Beach Harbor (Calif.). Ships
Relation: Ships

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