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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.

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

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...

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Louise Goff Reece (November 6, 1898 – May 14, 1970), American politician and United States Representative from Tennessee en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Goff_Reece She was the daughter of Guy Despard Goff (September 13, 1866 – January 7, 1933), United States Senator from West Virginia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_D._Goff Until her marriage to B. Carroll Reece, she appeared as Louise Despard Goff resp. Louise Despard-Goff in the papers, s. e.g. - Evening star. [volume], October 31, 1923, Page 8, col. 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1923-10-31/ed-... - The Washington herald., March 15, 1921, Page 7, col. 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1921-03-15/ed-...

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Ruth Lawrence, a descendant of James Lawrence (Who uttered "Don't Give Up The Ship" in June 1813), sponsor of the destroyer USS LAWRENCE (DD 250). Pictured on 10 July 1920 as she christened the ship at New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey.

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Ruth Woodhull Lawrence (1866-1956) www.findagrave.com/memorial/163787857/ Ruth Lawrence was the daughter of Supreme Court Justice Abraham Lawrence, of New York and grandniece of Captain James Lawrence, s. New-York tribune., July 11, 1920, p. 9, col. 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1920-07-11/ed-...

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