sarahbabbitt

Sarah A. Babbitt (LOC)

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• Christopher Cavas said:

  Sarah Babbitt was a descendant of Esek Hopkins, commander in chief of the fleet of the Continental Navy, who led an assault on the British colony at Nassau in the Bahamas in March 1776. Ms. Babbitt was the ship's sponsor for USS HOPKINS (Destroyer No. 249) and is seen at the ship's christening and launch on June 26, 1920 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NewJersey.

• Art Siegel said:

  This is similar to a photo with Sarah Babbitt and her mother, dated June 26, 1920 by navsource.org: www.navsource.org/archives/05/pix2/0524911.jpg

• B-59 said:

  The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 27, 1920, p. 9, col. 5 reported that she was a great granddaughter of Esek Hopkins fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=ht...

• Karen (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks for providing information about this event. We'll add some of it to the catalog record when we next update.