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Launching of "Vestal" - view from bow, Brooklyn, N.Y. (LOC)

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  • TVL1970 said:
    See:
  • swanq said:
    See also
    Miss Green, Miss Goodrich (in middle), and Asst. Naval Constructor Land, saluting officer, Brooklyn, N.Y. (LOC)

TENNESSEE (LOC)

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  • Phil Osborne said:
    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]
  • B-59 said:
    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/...
  • Arden said:
    Thanks for the information about the USS Tennessee (BB-43). We will add more details to the description.

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.