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English: SS Henry W. Corbett (Liberty Ship #1616) was launched on March 29,1943 by Mrs. Henry Ladd Corbett. This ship was afterwards lent to the Russian war effort. The SS Henry W. Corbett was not returned and later renamed the Alexander Nevsky after the Russian thirteenth century warrior prince and saint. It was scrapped in 1978.
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English: Taken just after the launch of SS Henry W. Corbett by Mrs Henry. L Corbett, 29 March 1943, at the Kaiser shipyards,Portland, Oregon, US. L-R: Elliott R. Corbett, Mrs. Elliott R. (Alta S.) Corbett, Mrs. Henry L. (Gretchen Hoyt) Corbett, Henry L. Corbett and Elliott Corbett granddaughter Helen Macadam (flower girl) staying with her grandparents as wartime refugee from England.

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