Mormacvega third from the left is under construction.  (Courtesy of Harold Vanderploeg.)

Mormacvega third from the left is under construction.  (Courtesy of Harold Vanderploeg.)

Mormacvega on the right is under construction.  (Courtesy of Harold Vanderploeg.)

On the ways at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, a Division of Litton Industries, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. (Photo courtesy of Captain Harold Vanderploeg)

Being christened on March 21, 1964, by sponsor Mrs. Lawrence Fiske

Dressed ship for her maiden arrival in New York in 1964. (Photo courtesy of Capt. Tom Ellsworth Copyright © 2003-2004 - All rights reserved. Do not reproduce. If anyone wants copies, please email Tom at tbells@cox.net.)

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