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Claudia Lyon (LOC)

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  • David Neylon said:
    Claudia Lyon was the daughter of Texas Republican leader Cecil Lyon. Appointed to be the sponsor for the battleship Texas by Secretary of the Navy Meyer in 1912. (see NY Times article May 12, 1912
  • phoppernowlin said:
    Thank you, David! Beautiful picture.
  • Ellie Baker said:
    This was taken sometime at USS Texas's launching ceremony on 18 May 1912 at Newport News, Virginia.

Launching of TEXAS - Secy Meyer [and] Claudia Lyon (LOC)

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  • phoppernowlin said:
    Visiting the Battleship Texas was one of my favorite things after it was retired and placed in Houston, Texas, next to the San Jacinto Monument. It is still there!
  • Ellie Baker said:
    This was taken sometime at USS Texas's launching ceremony on 18 May 1912 at Newport News, Virginia.

Lt. J.W. Wilcox, Jr. Margaret DeBaca (LOC)

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  • B-59 said:
    "John Walter Wilcox, Jr. (22 March 1882 – 27 March 1942) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy. He saw service in World War I and in the opening weeks of United States involvement in World War II before being lost overboard from his flagship in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1942." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Wilcox,_Jr.
  • B-59 said:
    Margaret Cabeza De Baca was the daughter of Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca (November 1, 1864 – February 18, 1917), governor of New Mexico (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezequiel_Cabeza_De_Baca). She christened the battleship New Mexico, s. Richmond times-dispatch., June 20, 1917, Image 14, with photo chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-06-20/ed-... S. also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Mexico_%28BB-40%29
  • Richard Norton said:
    John Walter Wilcox, Jr. (22 March 1882 – 27 March 1942) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy. He saw service in World War I and in the opening weeks of United States involvement in World War II before being lost overboard from his flagship in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1942. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Wilcox,_Jr.
  • Anne (LOC P&P) said:
    B-59 and Richard Norton: Thanks for the additional details on these two. We'll include some of this new information next time we update.