Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph 19-LC-19A-27a (16892186489)
19-LC-19A-27a: USS Arizona (BB 39), stern view while tugs take the tow lines during launching at New York Navy Yard, New York City, June 19, 1915. (4/7/2015).
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph 428-GX-K-126975 (26920478404)
428-GX-K-126975: Newport News, Virginia. Senator and Mrs. Sam Nunn of Georgia, (left), and Senator and Mrs. John Warner (Mrs. was Elizabeth Taylor) stand for the photographer as they arrive for the launching ... More
Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, WWII - 80-G-409417 (356141...
80-G-409417: USS Corporal (SS-346) at Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, June 10, 1945. Shown: Mrs. Homer C. Wick, christening the ship. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of t... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-67327 (25330098571)
80-G-67327: USS Dortch (DD 670), launching party showing sponsor Miss M.C. Dortch, daughter of Captain Dortch, Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, June 20, 1943. Official U.S. Navy P... More
Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, WW2 - 80-G-679...
80-G-67955: Launching of YR-45 at Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1943. Shown: Miss Dorothy Maultz, Sponsor, christening the ship. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the... More
Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, WW2 - 80-G-679...
80-G-67956: Launching of YR-46 at Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1943. Shown: Miss Gloria C. De Gennaro, Sponsor, christening the ship. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now ... More
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph Lot 5423-1 (19953599056)
Lot 5423-1: Launching of USS Pennsylvania (BB 38) at Newport News, Virginia, March 16, 1915. Shown left to right: Miss Elizabeth Kolb of Pennsylvania (hand on bottle and the Sponsor), the Misses Katherine K... More
US Navy 090930-N-3595W-442 Katherine Coombs, right, granddaughter of t...
NORFOLK (Sept. 30, 2009) Katherine Coombs, right, granddaughter of the original sponsor of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Nashville (LPD 13), shows Cmdr. Brian Peterson, officer-in-charge of Nashville,... More
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph 19-LC-19A-25 (16890633938)
19-LC-19A-25: USS Arizona (BB 39), taking the tow lines during launching at New York Navy Yard, New York City, June 19, 1915. (4/7/2015).
Navy base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Lot 5365-2 (21139972838)
Lot 5365-2: Launching of USS Oklahoma (BB 37) at New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey, March 23, 1914. This photograph shows the after section of the battleship before launching. The sponsor was... More
Lot-10784-9 (28145147386) - Public domain ocean liner image
Lot-10784-9: Launching of USS Sampson (DD 63) at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts on April 21, 1915. George C. Bain Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/07/08).
US Navy Battleship Lot-5365-9 (26193785129)
Lot-5365-9: USS Oklahoma (Battleship #37) launched on March 23rd, 1914, at New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey. Shown: Just launched. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2017/10/27).
120728-N-ZZ999-001 (23540923096)
120728-N-ZZ999-001 AVONDALE, La. (July 28, 2012) Mrs. Mary Jo Myers (right) breaks a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow of the Ingalls-built amphibious transport dock LPD 25, officially christening the sh... More
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph 80-G-207974 (24271794651)
80-G-207974: Launching of LST 48 at the Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sponsor christening. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/01/12).
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph 80-G-207975 (24271793491)
80-G-207975: Launching of LST 48 at the Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Launching. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/01/12).
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph Lot 3000-S-9 (25679192645)
Lot 3000-S-9: USS New York (BB 34), after the launch on October 30, 1912, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City, New York. The ship’s sponsor was Elsie Calder, the daughter of New York politician William... More
USS Bell (DD-95), launching at Bethlehem Ship. Corp., Quincy, Mass., 1...
Lot-5351-4: U.S. Navy Wickes class destroyer, USS Bell (DD 95), launching at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, April 20, 1918. Shown: Secretary of the Navy Danie... More
USS Illinois (BB-7) launching by Ms. Nancy Leiter, Newport News, Virgi...
Lot-5524-4: USS Illinois (BB 7) launching and christening by Ms. Leiter, Newport News, Virginia, October 4, 1898. Photograph by Rusk and Shaw. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
140412-N-ZZ999-780 (22938604164)
140412-N-ZZ999-780 BATH, Maine (April 12, 2014) Mouzetta Zumwalt-Weathers Christens the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Zumwalt (DDG 1000) during a christening ceremony at bath Iron Works... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-78325 (35170926244)
80-G-78325: Launching of USS LST-27, Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Shown: Mrs. R.R. Creed, sponsor and party, April 27, 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collec... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-82642 (30119202935)
80-G-82642: USS Haines (DE 792) launching at Orange, Texas, August 26, 1943. Shown is Ship’s Sponsor, Mrs. R.A. Haines, before christening the ship. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of ... More
Ms. Lorena J. Cruce, launching of USS Oklahoma (BB-37), Camden, New Je...
Lot 5365-5: Launching of USS Oklahoma (BB 37) at New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey, March 23, 1914. This photograph shows sponsor Ms. Lorena J. Cruce, daughter of Oklahoma Governor Lee Cruce, ... More
USS Clemson (DD 186) launching at Newport News, Virginia, September 5,...
Lot 5423-3: Launching of USS Clemson (DD 186) at Newport News, Virginia, September 5, 1918. This ship was sponsored by Miss M.C. Daniels. A veteran of World War II, she was decommissioned in October 1945 an... More
Christening of USS Aaron Ward (DD-483), 22 November 1941
USS Aaron Ward (DD-483): Miss Hilda Ward, daughter of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward, christens the ship named in honor of her father, during launching ceremonies at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipy... More
The future USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) is christened. (25628605164)
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (April 2, 2016) Ship Sponsor Georgeann McRaven ceremoniously breaks a bottle of champagne on the bow during the christening ceremony for the future guided missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (... More
US Navy 080918-N-8273J-187 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary R...
SAN DIEGO (Sept. 18, 2008) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead speaks with media at the conclusion of the christening and launch ceremony of the Military Sealift Command auxiliary dry cargo/ammu... More
150509-N-LV331-002 (23271298660)
150509-N-LV331-002. MOBILE, Ala. (May 9, 2015) Ship's sponsor Alma Booterbaugh breaks a bottle of champagne across the bow during the christening ceremony for the Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vess... More
80-G-207958 (24246058072) during World War I
80-G-207958: Launching of USS Melvin (DD 680) at U.S. Steel’s Federal Shipyard, Kearny, New Jersey. Miss Gertrude Carlisle Bailey, sponsor of the destroyer named in honor of her grand uncle, Lieutenant John ... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-82634 (30084319546)
80-G-82634: USS Borum (DE 790) launching at Orange, Texas, August 14, 1943. Shown is Ship’s Sponsor, Mrs. W. H. Ferguson, christening the ship. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the N... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-82636 (30119204345)
80-G-82636: USS Maloy (DE 791) launching at Orange, Texas, August 18, 1943. Shown is Ship’s Sponsor, Mrs. Thomas J. Maloy, christening the ship. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the ... More
Lorena Cruce, Oklahoma (BB-37), ship sponsor before launching, New Jer...
Lot 5365-6: Launching of USS Oklahoma (BB 37) at New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey, March 23, 1914. This photograph shows sponsor Ms. Lorena J. Cruce, daughter of Oklahoma Governor Lee Cruce, ... More
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massa...
Lot-5351-1: U.S. Navy Wickes class destroyer, USS Bell (DD 95), launching at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, April 20, 1918. Shown is ship’s sponsor Mrs. Joseph... More
USS Georgia (BB-15) just after being launched (25378262600)
Lot 3000-S-13: USS Georgia (BB 15) just after being launched at Bath Iron Works, Maine, October 11, 1904. Detroit Photographic Company. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/03/10).
USS San Diego (CL-53) - 19-N-29983
USS San Diego (CL-53) is christened by Grace Legler Benbough (Mrs. Percy J. Benbough), during launching ceremonies at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 26 July 1941. Photograph from t... More
060923-O-0000X-004 (23458389942)
060923-O-0000X-004 Freedom (LCS 1) – the inaugural ship in an entirely new class of U.S. Navy surface warships – makes a spectacular side launch during her christening at the Marinette Marine shipyard. The chr... More
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph 19-LC-19A-4 (17078443025)
19-LC-19A-4: USS Arizona (BB 39), stern, port side, ship just started during launching at New York Navy Yard, New York City, June 19, 1915. (4/7/2015).
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph 428-GX-K-126996 (27253208830)
428-GX-K-126996: Newport News, Virginia. A large “Victory” emblem with an eagle superimposed on the bow of USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), at Newport News Shipbuilding Company during launching ceremony. The Vinson... More
US Navy in WWII - 80-G-67337 (24792519324)
80-G-67337: Ship’s Sponsor, Mrs. Simeon L. Owen, christening USS Stadtfeld (DE 29) at Mare Island Naval Yard, California, May 27, 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Ar... More
US Navy in WWII - 80-G-67973 (35536245256)
80-G-67973: Miss Marguerite Caperton, sponsor of USS Caperton (DD-650) at Bath, Maine. Ms. Caperton is 3rd from right, May 22, 1943. Shown, left to right: Lieutenant E.G. Thorin, USN; William Elliot; Mrs. ... More
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph DN-SC-82-05953 (24044624203)
DN-SC-82-05953: A bow view of the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI (SSN-705) sliding down the ways at the completion of the launch ceremony.
Launching of USS Tillman (DD 641) and USS Beatty (DD 640) 1941 (191945...
Lot 5399-3: Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina, December 20, 1941. Dual launching of USS Tillman (DD 641) and USS Beatty (DD 640). Two ships just before launching. Tillman served in the ... More
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph Lot 3000-S-2 (25052571473)
Lot 3000-S-2: U.S. Navy armored cruiser, USS Maine (ACR-1). She was christened and launched by Alice Tracey Wilmerding, the granddaughter of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy, at the New York Naval Shi... More
USS Bell (DD 95) launching 1918 (27710788243)
Lot-5351-3: U.S. Navy Wickes class destroyer, USS Bell (DD 95), launching at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, April 20, 1918. Shown: USS Bell in the water after... More
USS Tennessee (BB-43), Helen Roberts christening ship, April 30, 1919 ...
Lot 10789-5: USS Tennessee (BB 43), Helen Roberts christening, April 20, 1919. George C. Bain Collection. Courtesy of Library of Congress. (2016/07/08).
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph 19-LC-19A-28 (17077666651)
19-LC-19A-28: USS Arizona (BB 39) starting down the ways during launching at New York Navy Yard, New York City, June 19, 1915. (4/7/2015).
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-299259 (23160959504)
80-G-299259: USS Boxer (CV-21) Slides down the building ways, during launching ceremonies at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, 14 December 1944. Note banner spread across... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-409526 (36312069521)
80-G-409526: USS Kete (SS-369), launching at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, April 9, 1944. Shown: Tipping. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Ar... More
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph Lot 3000-S-1 (25560597852)
Lot 3000-S-1: U.S. Navy protected cruiser, USS Chicago, at the launching of U.S. Navy armored cruiser, USS Maine (ACR-1). She was christened and launched by Alice Tracey Wilmerding, the granddaughter of Secr... More
New York Navy Yard Lot-10784-10 (27563536334)
Lot-10784-10: Launching of USS Vestal (AR-4) at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, May 19, 1908. George C. Bain Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/07/08).
Helen Keller Christens a United States Emergency Fleet ship launched i...
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US Navy 080918-N-7643B-063 Military and civilian guests listen to Chie...
SAN DIEGO (Sept. 18, 2008) Military and civilian guests listen to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead's speech during the christening and launch ceremony for the Military Sealift Command auxiliary dry... More
101204-N-0000X-003 (20503055572)
101204-N-0000X-003: MARINETTE, Wis. (Dec. 4, 2010) The littoral combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Fort Worth (LCS 3) is launched into the Menominee River during a christening ceremony for the navy's thi... More
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph 428-GX-K-105862 (24728713739)
428-GX-K-105862: USS Virginia (DLGN 38), launching ceremony at Newport News, Virginia, December 14, 1974. Shown, from left, Secretary of the Navy J. William Middendorf, II; Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Directo... More
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph 428-GX-K-122078 (26155294609)
428-GX-K-122078: USS Arkansas (CGN-41), October 21, 1978. Mrs. Dale Bumpers, Sponsor, and Miss Brooke Bumpers, Maid of Honor, watch the warship go down the ways following the launching ceremony. Photograph... More
Henry C. Grebe & Co. Inc, Chicago, Illinois, WWII - 80-G-207920 (24328...
80-G-207920: Launching of YMS-407 at Henry C. Grebe & Co. Inc, Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. John Barke, Sponsor, September 16, 1943. Following the war, she was transferred to Turkey in May 1948 and named TCG Kirt... More
Launching of USS Cushing (DD 797) WWII - 80-G-207935 (23986514149)
80-G-207935: Launching of USS Cushing (DD 797) at Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Shipbuilding Division, Staten Island, Naval Yard, New York. Sponsor party: Mrs. Katherine A. Cushing, September 30, 1943. . U... More
USS YMS 115 WWII - 80-G-2313 (24783196805)
80-G-2313: USS YMS 115 being christened by sponsor at San Diego, California, August 3, 1942. YMS 115 was stricken from Naval Service in 1946. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Arc... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-67334 (24796373323)
80-G-67334: USS Martin (DE 30) launching at Mare Island Naval Yard, California. Shown is the Ship’s Sponsor Mrs. Joseph Flynn, May 18, 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the Natio... More
Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, WW2 - 80-G-679...
80-G-67958: Launching of YR-46 at Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1943. Shown: Miss Gloria C. De Gennaro, Sponsor. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of ... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-67959 (34765972483)
80-G-67959: Launching of USS APC-60 at Camden, Maine, December 7, 1942. Shown: June O. Labbie, Sponsor. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/06/27).
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph DN-ST-82-01775 (24795379625)
330-CFD-DN-ST-82-01775: Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr., speaks during the launching ceremony at Newport News, Virginia, for the nuclear-powered attack submarine Norfolk (SSN-714). The submarine was b... More
Launching of USS Proteus (AC-9), Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Doc...
Lot-10784-7: Launching of USS Proteus (AC 9) being launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, September 14, 1912. Shown: Ship Sponsor and Party. George C. Bain Collec... More
USS Illinois (BB-7) launching and christening by Ms. Leiter, Newport N...
Lot-5524-3: USS Illinois (BB 7) launching and christening by Ms. Leiter, Newport News, Virginia, October 4, 1898. Photograph by Rusk and Shaw. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Henry C. Grebe & Co. Inc, Chicago, Illinois, WWII - 80-G-207928 (24271...
80-G-207928: Launching of YMS-235 at Henry C. Grebe & Co. Inc, Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. V.E. Ross and party, Sponsor, September 25, 1943. She was struck from the Naval Register in August 28, 1946. U.S. Na... More
Launching of USS Cushing (DD 797) WWII - 80-G-207934 (24271829251)
80-G-207934: Launching of USS Cushing (DD 797) at Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Shipbuilding Division, Staten Island, Naval Yard, New York. Sponsor party: Mrs. Katherine A. Cushing, September 30, 1943. . ... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-67976 (35187701340)
80-G-67976: Launching of USS APC-22 at East Boothbay, Maine, September 12, 1942. Shown, Geraldine Goudy Potven, sponsor, christening. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National A... More
Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois, WWII - 80-G-68601 (...
80-G-68601: Launching of USS LST-210, Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois, Shipyard, June 1, 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/08/09).
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-68647 (19320189973)
80-G-68647: Launching of USS Cotten (DD 669) at Kearny, New Jersey. Mrs. Lyman Atkinson Cotton, sponsor, June 12, 1943. (7/22/2015).
Launching of USS McDermut (DD-667) at Federal Shipbuilding, October 19...
80-G-207963: Launching of USS McDermut (DD 667) at U.S. Steel’s Federal Shipyard, Kearney, New Jersey. McDermut is sliding down the ways. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - Lot 5399-2 (19356042246)
Lot 5399-2: Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina, December 20, 1941. Dual launching of USS Tillman (DD 641) and USS Beatty (DD 640). View shows Beatty partially afloat. Tillman, not shown, ... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - Lot-4263-42 (23179282395)
Lot-4263-42: Launching of USS Frank Knox (DD 742) at Bath, Maine, September 17, 1944. She was sponsored by the widow of Frank Knox. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox Collection. Photographed through Mylar s... More
USS Maine (ACR-1), being wedged up just before launching, 1890 (256790...
Lot 3000-S-14: U.S. Navy armored cruiser, USS Maine (ACR-1), being wedged up just before launching. Maine was christened and launched by Alice Tracey Wilmerding, the granddaughter of Secretary of the Navy Be... More
US Navy 050521-N-1577S-049 Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark s...
San Diego, Calif., (May 21, 2005) - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark salutes the national ensign during the christening ceremony for the Military Sealift Command (MSC) auxiliary dry cargo carrier USNS... More
US Navy 060617-N-3642E-006 Sailors assigned to the Virginia-class nucl...
Groton, Conn. (Jun. 17, 2006) - Sailors assigned to the Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Hawaii (SSN 776) depart after participating in the ship's christening ceremony. Hawa... More
060923-O-0000X-005 (20518318941)
060923-O-0000X-005 Marinette, Wis. (Sept. 23, 2006) Ð The nationÕs first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS 1) Ð the inaugural ship in an entirely new class of U.S. Navy surface warships Ð makes a spectacular ... More
140322-O-ZZ999-203 (19890962813)
140322-O-ZZ999-203 MOBILE, Ala. (March 22, 2014) The littoral combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Jackson (LCS 6) during its christening ceremony at Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala. (U.S, Navy photo co... More
150502-N-OT964-276 (23199100109)
150502-N-OT964-276 PASCAGOULA, Miss. (May 2, 2015) Ship sponsor Laura Stavridis ceremoniously breaks a bottle of champagne on the bow during the christening ceremony for the future guided missile destroyer USS ... More
Launching of USS Cushing (DD 797) WWII - 80-G-207933 (23727499373)
80-G-207933: Launching of USS Cushing (DD 797) at Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Shipbuilding Division, Staten Island, Naval Yard, New York. Sponsor party: Mrs. Katherine A. Cushing at right, September 30, 1... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-457107 (28464972532)
80-G-457107: Launching of U.S. Navy fleet oiler, YO 75, at Brunswick, Georgia, July 4, 1943. Photographed by PhoM3/C W.C. Heilman. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archiv... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-67965 (35444515421)
80-G-67965: Launching of USS APC-71 at Bristol Yacht Bldg., Co, South Bristol, Maine, January 11, 1943. Shown, left to right: Lieutenant E.G. Thorin, USN; William Elliot; Mrs. Hazel Elliot, sponsor; James El... More
U.S. Navy armored cruiser, USS Maine (ACR-1) (25378433020)
Lot 3000-S-4: U.S. Navy armored cruiser, USS Maine (ACR-1). She was christened and launched by Alice Tracey Wilmerding, the granddaughter of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy, at the New York Naval Ship... More
US Navy 080918-N-9818V-074 Master Chief Kenneth Green, Command Master ...
SAN DIEGO (Sept. 18, 2008) Master Chief Kenneth Green, Command Master Chief of Military Sealift Command, left, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Joe R. Campa Jr., center, and Chief of Naval Operat... More
Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, WWII - 80-G-299260 (23493418520)
80-G-299260: Mrs. Dennis J. Buckley, ship’s sponsor of USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD 808) at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, December 20, 1944. Mrs. Buckley was the mother of Fireman First Class Dennis J. Buckley, J... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-409524 (35641412003)
80-G-409524: USS Kete (SS-369), launching at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, April 9, 1944. Shown: Ship’s Sponsor Mrs. E.S. Hutchinson. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the co... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-41818 (26668078810)
80-G-41818: The Dionne Quintuplets at the launching of 5 cargo vessels for the U.S. at Superior, Wisconsin. Shown: CBS announcer Red Foster chats with the Quints. Girl on extreme left is elder sister of t... More
Guadalcanal campaign. US Navy in WW2. 80-G-62013 (22029125491)
80-G-62013: Mrs. Mary C. Wintle, Ship’s Sponsor of USS Wintle (DE 25), christening and launching the destroyer escort at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, April 22, 1943. Wintle was named after Lieute... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-62028 (21398093053)
80-G-62028: Launch of USS PT 282 at Annapolis, Maryland, March 12, 1943. Ship’s Sponsor is unidentified through NHHC sources. (10/6/2015)
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-82633 (30035139621)
80-G-82633: USS Borum (DE 790) launching at Orange, Texas, August 14, 1943. Ship is shown just before going down the ways. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.... More
USS Nevada (BB-36) launching, Fore River Shipbuilding, Quincy, Massach...
Lot 10784-3: USS Nevada (Battleship #36) launching at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, July 11, 1914. George C. Bain Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/07/08).
US Navy 070515-N-4995K-056 Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Honorab...
SAN DIEGO (May 15, 2007) - Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Honorable Dr. Donald Winter addresses the crowd during the christening and launching of the USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4). Byrd is the fourth shi... More
151219-N-OR477-130 (23578002450)
151219-N-OR477-130 MOBILE, Ala. (Dec. 19, 2015) Susan A. Buffett, ship's sponsor for the littoral combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit, Omaha (LCS 12), breaks a bottle across the ship's bow during a christening... More
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph 19-LC-19A-5 (16890656548)
19-LC-19A-5: USS Arizona (BB 39) arrival of sponsor during launching at New York Navy Yard, New York, June 19, 1915. Arizona was sponsored by Miss Esther Ross, daughter of a prominent Arizona pioneer citi... More
Ship Christenings. U.S. Navy photogrpaph 80-G-207930 (24058747070)
80-G-207930: Launching of USS Tillis (DE 748), Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California. Shown is the sponsor Miss Helen I. Tills. Following the war, Tillis served as a training ship. U.S. Na... More
Navy Medical Corps, WWII - 80-G-208479 (35406674352)
80-G-208479: USS Garfield Thomas (DE-193). Sponsor 2nd Lt Betty K. Thomas, U.S. Army Medical Corps christens the destroyer escort, December 12, 1942, at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-409558 (36312036281)
80-G-409558: USS LST-791 launching at Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 26, 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/08/0... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-41837 (26847164172)
80-G-41837: USS Dragonet (SS 293) launched at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1943. Photographed April 4, 1943. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/05/10).
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-78326 (36010630895)
80-G-78326: Launching of USS YNG-24 at Wilmington, Delaware, March 31, 1943. Shown ship’s sponsor. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/07/18).
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-78794 (32197094936)
80-G-78794: USS Bearss (DD 654) christened and launched by Mrs. Louise Bearss at Gulf Shipbuilding Corps, Chicksaw, Alabama, July 25, 1943. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the Nat... More
USN Ship Launcing, WWII - 80-G-82632 (30084319956)
80-G-82632: USS Borum (DE 790) christening and launching at Orange, Texas, August 14, 1943. Shown is Ship’s Sponsor, Mrs. W. H. Ferguson, christening the ship. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the co... More