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Naval Constructor, W.J. Baxter, at launching of "Vestal", Brooklyn, N.Y. (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
    William J Baxter, responsible for the launch of the collier Vestal.
    An article he wrote about the process of launching is at
    - www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1892/january/statics-l...
    The Statics of Launching, By Assistant Naval Constructor William J. Baxter, U.S. N.
    January 1892
    Proceedings Vol. 18/1/61
  • swanq said:
    See
    Miss Green, Miss Goodrich (in middle), and Asst. Naval Constructor Land, saluting officer, Brooklyn, N.Y. (LOC)
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    I was looking of information on William J. Baxter in newspaper articles and found one from April 11, 1908 in the Washington Post that said he had been informed that a dog that bit him at the Navy Yard had tested positive for rabies and he would have to undergo treatment.

TENNESSEE (LOC)

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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-...