USS Missouri (BB-63)
- Object Type
- Photograph
- Object ID
- 5477
- Date
- January 29 1944
- creator
- Naval Historical Foundation
- Description
- Miss Margaret Truman, Missouri's Sponsor, ready to christen the ship, during launching ceremonies at the New York Navy Yard, 29 January 1944. Looking on are (left to right): Rear Admiral Monroe R. Kelly, New York Navy Yard Commandant; Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, USN, and Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri, the Sponsor's father. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
- Related Collection
- Naval History and Heritage Command’s Photo Archives
- Naval ID
- 80-G-44891
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