"Photograph of the launch ceremony for the "Coyote" ship, the first wooden ship of the Ferris Type to be launched on the Atlantic Coast. Sponsored by Miss Phyllis Hughes, daughter of the late Senator Hughes of New Jersey, and Mayor Charles P. Gillem of Newark. The ship has a tonnage of 3500, length of 290', beam of 46', and draft of 17'. The average cost of this type of ship when completed is between $350,000 to $500,000."

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