This is the cover to the sheet music for the official ship-launching song of the Kaiser shipyards in Richmond during World War II. The cover is silk-screened, the same process used for the programs for each of the ship launchings.

Presented here is the cover to the sheet music for the official ship-launching song of the Kaiser shipyards in Richmond during World War II. The song, “Smooth Sailing” by Stephen McNeil, probably hasn’t been played much since 1945, but maybe it will be again some day.
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