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TENNESSEE (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Art Siegel said:
    see TENNESSEE (LOC)
  • B-59 said:
    A similar photo is in The Guthrie daily leader., June 10, 1920, HOME, Image 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063952/1920-06-10/ed-... and in The Sun and the New York herald., June 13, 1920, Section 5 Rotographic Section, Image 60 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030273/1920-06-13/ed-...
  • Christopher Cavas said:
    Both photos were likely taken at New York Navy Yard on the day of the battleship's commissioning, 3 June 1920. The deck view is taken from the ship's fantail looking forward. Note numerous visitors on deck, including women in formal attire, as well as photographers with tripods, indicating a festive occasion, yet a great number of shipyard workers dressed for work occupy most of the topside spaces above the main deck. The ship is incomplete -- scaffolding surrounds the main top, and calibration equipment is attached to the 14-inch guns of No.4 main batter turret. TENNESSEE was officially completed and delivered to the Navy on 16 September 1920.
  • Art Siegel said:
    Christopher Cavas follow photo link for article about commissioning ceremony.

TENNESSEE (LOC)

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  • Richard Norton said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tennessee_(BB-43)
  • Art Siegel said:
    An account of her planned commissioning at Brooklyn Navy Yard, June 3, 1920: "PUT THE TENNESSEE INTO SERVICE TODAY; Biggest Battleship Afloat Will Be Commissioned Here with Simple Ceremonies. CREW ALL TENNESSEANS Delegations Arrive from Name State --Vessel's "Fighting Brain" a Marvel. The Tennessee, the biggest battleship afloat, will be put into commission with ceremonies at 2:30 this afternoon at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where it was built at a cost of about $20,000,000. She is a unique ship in many respects." query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=950CE0D91F3BEE...
  • Art Siegel said:
    Her launch in 1919
    F.D. Roosevelt at "Tennesee" launch (LOC)
  • B-59 said:
    See also report in the New-York tribune., June 04, 1920, Page 20, col. 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1920-06-04/ed-...

Gen. Grant and others at launch of "Vestal", Brooklyn, N.Y. (LOC)

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  • TVL1970 said:
    See:
  • swanq said:
    For information about the event, see
    Miss Green, Miss Goodrich (in middle), and Asst. Naval Constructor Land, saluting officer, Brooklyn, N.Y. (LOC)
  • swanq said:
    Major General and Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant were among the VIPs on the launching platform near the bow of the Vestal.
  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Dent_Grant
    "Frederick Dent Grant (May 30, 1850 – April 12, 1912) was a soldier and United States minister to Austria-Hungary. Grant was the first son of General and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant. He was named after his maternal uncle, Frederick Tracy Dent."

    His wife was en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Marie_Honoré
    "Ida Marie Honoré Grant (June 4, 1854 – September 5, 1930) was an American socialite, philanthropist, and ambassador's wife."
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks TVL1970 and swanq. We'll add some of this information to the photos in this series.