USS Terror- Pictures from NavSource

Under Construction

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Terror a few days before her launching on 6 June1941 at Philadelphia Navy Yard
International News photo
Source: David Buell
6 June 1941
Launching Program
Source: Ron Reeves
Christining by Mrs. Ralph Bard, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Source: S. Dale Hargrave
6 June 1941
Philadelphia, PA
Mrs. Harlan J. Bushfield (left), wife of the Governor of South Dakota, who will christen the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) at the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey on June 7, was on hand to get some pointers from Mrs. Ralph A. Bard (right), wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, who christened the Terror, the first mine layer built for the Navy, at the launching ceremonies today at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
Photo by Acme Newspictures
Source: Bill Gonyo
Sliding down the ways
Source: S. Dale Hargrave

Launch souvenir pin
Source: Tommy Trampp
Under construction at Philadelphia’s Pier 4 during the week of 7 March 1942. The transport across the pier is Orizaba [AP 24]
Life magazine photos by George Strock
Source: John Chiquoine
Under construction at Philadelphia’s Pier 4 during the week of 7 March 1942. The transport across the pier is Orizaba [AP 24]
Life magazine photos by George Strock
Source: John Chiquoine