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Build it first!

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    Keel Layed July 7th 1942                 Sigsbee July 28th 1942                            Nearing completion with launch date set for Dec. 7 1943

* Above photos donated by John Chiquoine

               Launching Photos                                                                                                           Commissioning Day

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Photo donated by Cheryl Sigsbee

 Left Photo: The USS SIGSBEE  was laid down 22 July 1942 by Fedreral Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey and was launched on Dec. 7 1942, exactly one year after the attack on Pearl Harbor.  Right Photo: Sigsbee was Commissioned on 23 Janurary 1943 with Mrs. A.O. (Sigsbee) Fischer as sponsor Commissioning photo2.jpg (30184 bytes)

          Photo donated by John Chiquoine

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Photo donated by Cheryl Sigsbee

 Left Photo: Sigsbee family present at launch; Row 1 L to R: Mrs. Robt. Small,  beside her  sister Mary Ellen Sigsbee Fischer (sponsor), and Coast Guard Cmd. Anton Otto  Fischer. Row 2 L to R: Winnifred Haile (daughter of musician Eugene Haile), Mrs. Edward Schofield (author), Katrina Fischer (daughter of  Mary Ellen & Anton Fischer), Mrs. Charles D. Sigsbee (wife of the Admiral Sigsbee's son), and  Mr. Ed Schofield.. 

Right Photo: Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee, namesake of DD-502. 

 

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Photo donated by Cheryl Sigsbee
Commenorative Postcard for the launching of the Sigsbee dated Dec. 7 1942.  This date was also the one year anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  I purchased this postcard on Ebay 8-29-01 after receiving a tip from Cheryl Sigsbee.  

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Thank you Cheryl and John for making this page possible! 

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