The Beginning
On the building ways at the Bath Iron Works shipyard, Bath, Maine. Probably taken while she was being painted in preparation for launching, which took place on 17 September 1944. Collection of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
USS Frank Knox was built by the Bath Iron Works, at Bath, Maine. Her keel was laid on 8 May 1944. She was launched on 17 September of that year, sponsored by Mrs. Frank Knox, widow of the late Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. The ship was placed in commission on 11 December 1944. Collection of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
Sliding down the ways at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, during her launching, 17 September 1944. Collection of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
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Mrs. Frank Knox, Ship's Sponsor and widow of the late Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, poses with the christening bottle and Sponsor's bouquet during launching ceremonies at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, 17 September 1944.
Taken by the Douglas Photo Shop, Bath, Maine. 
Is christened by Mrs. Frank Knox, during launching ceremonies at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 17 September 1944.
Taken by the Douglas Photo Shop, Bath, Maine. 
Underway at high speed on a trial run off Rockland, Maine, 2 December 1944.
Photographed from an aircraft based as Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine.The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 33A, Design 28D. Collection of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. 
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