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Photograph 306367 Period 1950-1959KURE, JAPAN. 1955-03-19. DIGNITARIES AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL SS COMMONWEALTH, NAMED AS A COMPLIMENT TO HMAS COMMONWEALTH, THE RAN DEPOT IN JAPAN. LEFT TO RIGHT (FRONT): CAPTAI

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KURE, JAPAN. 1955-03-19. DIGNITARIES AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL SS COMMONWEALTH, NAMED AS A COMPLIMENT TO HMAS COMMONWEALTH, THE RAN NAVAL DEPOT IN JAPAN. LEFT TO RIGHT: BRIGADIER SOREL-CAMERON, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FORCES, KOREA (BCFK); MRS MATSUMOTO; MRS BIERWIRTH; MR MATSUMOTO, MAYOR OF KURE; MR ELMER L. HAHN, MANAGER, NBC SHIPBUILDING YARDS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
KURE, JAPAN. 1955-03-19. DIGNITARIES AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL SS COMMONWEALTH, NAMED AS A COMPLIMENT TO HMAS COMMONWEALTH, THE RAN DEPOT IN JAPAN. LEFT TO RIGHT (FRONT): CAPTAI

KURE, JAPAN. 1955-03-19. DIGNITARIES AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL SS COMMONWEALTH, WHICH WAS NAMED AS A COMPLIMENT TO HMAS COMMONWEALTH, THE RAN DEPOT IN JAPAN. LEFT TO RIGHT: MR H

KURE, JAPAN. 1955-03-19. DIGNITARIES AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL SS COMMONWEALTH, NAMED AS A COMPLIMENT TO HMAS COMMONWEALTH, THE RAN DEPOT IN JAPAN. LEFT TO RIGHT: MRS F. HARDING

KURE, JAPAN. 1955-03-19. MR ELMER L. HAHN, MANAGER OF NBC SHIPBUILDING YARDS, KURE, SHOWING THE BADGE OF THE DEPOT HMAS COMMONWEALTH WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE TANKER SS COMMONWEALTH, NAMED AS A COMPL

KURE, JAPAN. 1955-03-19. AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL SS COMMONWEALTH, NAMED AS A COMPLIMENT TO HMAS COMMMONWEALTH, THE RAN DEPOT IN JAPAN, COMMANDER G. ASHLEY-BROWNE, NAVAL OFFICE

KURE, JAPAN. 1955-03-19. THE TANKER SS COMMONWEALTH IMMEDIATELY AFTER LAUNCHING. SHE WAS NAMED AS A COMPLIMENT TO HMAS COMMONWEALTH, THE RAN DEPOT IN JAPAN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
