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The collier Vestal was launched on May 19, 1908 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Miss Gladys Goodrich, daughter of the yard commandant, christened the vessel.
See New-York Tribune (New York [N.Y.]), May 20, 1908, p. 1. col. 2, with photo of launching at top of page.
" Miss Gladys Goodrich, daughter of the commandant, broke the customary bottle of champagne and named the vessel. The launching party reached the stand at the bow about 10:30 o'clock. It consisted of Major General and Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant, Captain James D. Adams, Lieutenant William F. Bricker, General Stewart L. Woodford, Lieutenant Commander Edward S. Kellogg, Emory S. Land, Lieutenant Carlos Pfiester, of the Italian navy; Admiral C. H. West (retired); Congressman W. M. Calder, Commandant Goodrich and his daughter. At 10:45 the whistle of the derrick near by gave a screech and the workmen were ordered out from beneath the ways. A few moments later the boat slid into the water."
This indicates that the Asst. Naval Constructor Land was Emory S. Land.


According to
- www.brooklynnavyyard.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Comma...
Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich, was commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1 June 1907 – 15 May 1909.

The Find a Grave memorial for Gladys (14 Jun 1886 - 26 Jan 1933) is at
www.findagrave.com/memorial/6731607/gladys-brennon

The New Haven union (New Haven, Conn.), May 13, 1908, (POSTSCRIPT EDITION), p. 3, col. 5 with photo of the collier "Vestal"
- www.loc.gov/resource/sn92051126/1908-05-13/ed-1/?sp=3&amp...

Headline: Rear Admiral's Daughter Collier's Sponsor
Caption: COLLIER VESTAL ON IHE WAYS AT THE NAVY YARD.
"New York, May 13. - In the presence of several thousand persons the collier Vestal, the largest vessel of the kind in the world, will be launched next Tuesday at the New York navy yard.
Miss Gladys Goodrich, daughter of Rear Admiral Casper F. Goodrich has been named as sponsor of the Vestal. When she breaks the bottle of wine against the bow of the collier at 10:45 o'clock Tuesday morning she will have as an escort on the christening platform half a dozen young women."

Presumably Miss Green is one of the young women.

New-York tribune (New York [N.Y.]), May 20, 1908, P. 1, Col.2. under "BIG COLLIER LAUNCHED"
- www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1908-05-20/ed-1/?sp=1&amp...
'The Vestal Slides Into the East River Without a Hitch.
With from 25,000 to 30,000 persons cheering, the big United States collier Vestal slid from the Brooklyn Navy Yard into the East River yesterday. Naval Constructor William J. Baxter, the designer of the boat, was in charge of the launching ceremony. There was not a hitch in the programme.
"The launching was the finest that I have ever had anything to do with," said the constructor afterward. "In about fifteen months from now we will have another launching here-this time a Dreadnought-if the bureau at Washington does not slip up on its plans."
Miss Gladys Goodrich, daughter of the commandant, broke the customary bottle of champagne and named the vessel. The launching party reached the stand at the bow about 10:30 o'clock. It consisted of Major General and Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant, Captain James D. Adams, Lieutenant William F. Bricker, General Stewart L. Woodford, Lieutenant Commander Edward S. Kellogg, Emory S. Land, Lieutenant Carlos Pfiester, of the Italian navy, Admiral C. H. West (retired); Congressman W. M. Calder, Commandant Goodrich and his daughter. At 10:45 the whistle of the derrick near by gave a screech and the workmen were ordered out from beneath the ways. A few moments later the boat slid into the water.
When the Vestal is completed, in three or four months, she will be the largest fleet collier in the world. Her length on the water line is 450 feet and overall 465 feet 9 inches. Her beam is 60 feet and her draft 26 feet.
A dinner was held under the auspices of the Navy Yard Employes' Association at the Assembly, in Pierrepont street, in the evening. About five hundred men were present. In responding to the toast "The Battleships We Hope to Build and the Prosperity of Our Navy" Naval Constructor Baxter thanked the men for their cooperation in making the collier a success and expressed his belief that the government would soon see that better work could be done at the navy yard than elsewhere.'

So this is the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Asst. Naval Constructor Land is Emory S. Land.

A Find a Grave memorial for Gladys Goodrich (14 Jun 1886 - 26 Jan 1933) is at
- www.findagrave.com/memorial/6731607/gladys-brennon

See also

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_F._Goodrich
"Caspar Frederick Goodrich (7 January 1847 – 26 January 1925) was an admiral of the United States Navy, who served in the Spanish–American War and World War I."

Bio from www.usna.edu/Library/sca/man-findingaids/view.php?f=MS_184
"Caspar Frederick Goodrich was a career naval officer, retiring with the rank of rear admiral. He graduated first in the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1865, whose commencement was held in November 1864. From 1871 to 1874, he taught physics and chemistry at the Naval Academy. During this time, he helped found the U.S. Naval Institute, serving as president of that organization from 1904 to 1909. He was also a founder of the Naval War College, assuming the presidency of the school in 1889 and 1897-98, as well as being among its regular lecturers.

Goodrich was naval attaché to General Sir Garnet Wolsley during the British bombardment of Alexandria, Egypt in 1882. During the Spanish-American War, he was involved in the action at Santiago, Cuba. After duty as commandant of the New York Navy Yard from 1907 to 1909, he retired on 7 January 1909. He briefly returned to duty as commander of the Naval Training Unit and Pay-Officers Material School at Princeton University in 1918.

Considered an intellectual in naval circles, Goodrich authored several books and numerous articles, especially for the Naval Institute's Proceedings. From 1914 to 1916, he was president of the Naval Historical Society, another institution that he helped to organize. He died in Princeton, New Jersey on 26 December 1925 at the age of 78."

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Erben
"Henry Erben (5 September 1832 – 23 October 1909) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy, who served in the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War."

Edna Goodrich (born Bessie Edna Stevens; December 22, 1883 – May 26, 1972) was a prominent Broadway actress, Florodora girl, author, and media sensation during the early 1900s. At one point, she was known as one of America's wealthiest and best dressed performers.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Goodrich

thanks, Mellidori!

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