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Item 15650
Title: Durham's World War II Honor Roll, ca. 1946
Contributed by: Durham Historical Society
Date: circa 1946
Location: Durham
Media: wood
Item 37384
Title: Front page of World War II Award, Lubec, 1944
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society
Date: 1944
Location: Lubec
Media: Ink on paper
Item 67326
Title: 'USS Wakefield' under tow, Boston, 1942
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston
Date: 1942
Location: Boston
Media: Photograph
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South Portland's Wartime Shipbuilding
Two shipyards in South Portland, built quickly in 1941 to construct cargo ships for the British and Americans, produced nearly 270 ships in two and a half years. Many of those vessels bore the names of notable Mainers.