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ALBATROSS IV under construction, keel up, at the Southern ShipbuildingCorporation at Slidell, Louisiana. The hull was righted by cranes at theappropriate stage of construction . The ship was dedicated at Woods Hole,Massachusetts, on May 9, 1963. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection)