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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]

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/...

Thanks for the information. We will update the description.

"Sturtevant was laid down on 23 November 1918 and launched on 29 July 1920 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Mrs. Curtis Ripley Smith; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 21 September 1920. Lieutenant Commander Ewart G. Haas assumed command of Sturtevant on 4 November 1920." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sturtevant_(DD-240)

I fixed the link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sturtevant_(DD-240)

A cropped version of this photo ran in the Evening public ledger., July 30, 1920, NIGHT EXTRA, Image 20 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1920-07-30/ed-... The launch of the USS Sturtevant: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/40800028952/

She was Ruth Sturtevant Smith (1898-1978) www.findagrave.com/memorial/23780900/ruth-smith, a sister of Albert Dillon Sturtevant, namesake of the destroyer.

Thanks Art Siegel for figuring out when this photo was taken. B-59, thank you determining Ms. Smith's name. I always like when we can add a name to these women who are identified by their husband's name.

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