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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/...

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A similar photo is in The Guthrie daily leader., June 10, 1920, HOME, Image 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063952/1920-06-10/ed-... and in The Sun and the New York herald., June 13, 1920, Section 5 Rotographic Section, Image 60 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030273/1920-06-13/ed-...

Both photos were likely taken at New York Navy Yard on the day of the battleship's commissioning, 3 June 1920. The deck view is taken from the ship's fantail looking forward. Note numerous visitors on deck, including women in formal attire, as well as photographers with tripods, indicating a festive occasion, yet a great number of shipyard workers dressed for work occupy most of the topside spaces above the main deck. The ship is incomplete -- scaffolding surrounds the main top, and calibration equipment is attached to the 14-inch guns of No.4 main batter turret. TENNESSEE was officially completed and delivered to the Navy on 16 September 1920.

Christopher Cavas follow photo link for article about commissioning ceremony.

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-...

TVL1970 and B-59: Thank you for the full name of Helen Lenore Roberts and for the context and date of this image. We will add more details when we update.