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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.

This appears to be a drawing for her. Her keel was laid down on 25 October 1916 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California. She was launched 20 November 1919 sponsored by Mrs. R.T. (Barbara Stephens) Zane, daughter of California governor William D. Stephens en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_California_(BB-44)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_California_(BB-44)

A National Memorial Service was held on May 11, 1914, in New York City, for the 17 sailors killed at Vera Cruz in April. U. S. President Woodrow Wilson spoke, along with Governor Glynn of New York and Mayor Mitchel of New York City. Story in the New York Times, 5/11/14: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=940CE3DB173AE6...

Wystan, Thanks for your efforts throughout the photographs which document the National Memorial Service of May 11, 1914. We will be able to better link the related images and expand the descriptions, including a date where one is not yet included.