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The second USS Tennessee (ACR-10), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 10", and later renamed Memphis, was a United States Navy armored cruiser, the lead ship of her class. She was laid down by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia on 20 June 1903,[1] launched on 3 December 1904, sponsored by Ms. Annie K. Frazier (daughter of Governor James B. Frazier of Tennessee and later the foundress of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy), and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 July 1906, Captain Albert Gleaves Berry in command.[2]

This is the battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43), launched on April 30, 1919, see also the nearby photo: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/32646386646/in/...

Thanks for the information. We will update the description.

Miss Helen Lenore Roberts, daughter of then- Tennessee governor Albert H. Roberts. She was the sponsor for the launch of the battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on April 30, 1919. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tennessee_(BB-43)

Helen Lenore Roberts (b. April 25, 1903, d. December 22, 1963) www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/c/d/Maurice-R-Mcdonald-2/WEBSITE-...

TVL1970 and B-59: Thank you for the full name of Helen Lenore Roberts and for the context and date of this image. We will add more details when we update.

The second USS Tennessee (ACR-10), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 10", and later renamed Memphis, was a United States Navy armored cruiser, the lead ship of her class. She was laid down by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia on 20 June 1903,[1] launched on 3 December 1904, sponsored by Ms. Annie K. Frazier (daughter of Governor James B. Frazier of Tennessee and later the foundress of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy), and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 July 1906, Captain Albert Gleaves Berry in command.[2]

This series of photos actually depicts the launch of the battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York Naval Shipyard) on April 30, 1919. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tennessee_(BB-43)

Roosevelt at this time was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt

I agree this image depicts the launch of the USS Tennessee in 1919. We will add more details when we update.