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Miss Helen Lenore Roberts, daughter of then- Tennessee governor Albert H. Roberts. She was the sponsor for the launch of the battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on April 30, 1919. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tennessee_(BB-43)

Helen Lenore Roberts (b. April 25, 1903, d. December 22, 1963) www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/c/d/Maurice-R-Mcdonald-2/WEBSITE-...

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Launch of the battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) on April 30, 1919. A very similar photo ran in The sun., May 11, 1919, Section 5 Pictorial Section, Image 50 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1919-05-11/ed-...

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tennessee_(BB-43)

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...

Her launch in 1919

See also report in the New-York tribune., June 04, 1920, Page 20, col. 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1920-06-04/ed-...