newyorkshipbuilding

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swanq said:
[Philadelphia] Evening Public Ledger. July 19, 1922, page 30, photo top center
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1922-07-19/ed-...
shows a similar photo. Miss Margaret Kates was launching Caisson B for the Delaware River bridge by smashing a bottle of champagne.

For the caisson, see
Richard Norton said:
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95917057
B-59 said:
She was the daughter of John B. Kates (1876-1947), judge and treasurer of the Delaware River Bridge Commission www.findagrave.com/memorial/192705358/ www.dvrbs.com/People/CamdenPeople-JohnBKates.htm see comment on photo in the Evening public ledger. [volume], July 18, 1922, Night Extra, Page 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1922-07-18/ed-... She married Andrew Fleming in 1929, s. www.newspapers.com/newspage/480391848/

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swanq said:
See www.navsource.org/archives/01/47a.htm for a compilation of photos of the USS Washington (BB-47)

swanq said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_American_Legion_(1919) "American Legion was built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB), one of the planned World War I troop transports converted before construction into passenger and cargo vessels, the Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ships. The ship was laid down as Koda and perhaps assigned the name Badger State at one point, but renamed American Legion before launch and one of only a few of the design not taking a state nickname. Originally operated by the USSB's agents and the Munson Steamship Line the ship saw commercial service until laid up 13 March 1939."
Richard Norton said:
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