SPORTS AT THE SHIPYARD

To maintain morale at the Shipyard, sports teams and leagues were organized for men and women. Sports played at the Shipyard included baseball, basketball, boxing, golf and softball.

This image is of the Shipyard's women's softball team on July 17, 1944. Front row from left are: Wanda Boyd, Janie Pounds, Carol Belcher, Thelma Barbee, Mary Switzer, and Mildrea G'Sell. Back row from left are: Esther Spradley, Marie Mossberger, Frankie Allen, Marie Knowles, Dorothy Hornback, Ethel Biggs, and manager Carl Worthington.

Gift of the United States Navy
1948.151, 7292

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