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Margaret Truman Christening the Battleship USS Missouri

58-769-06
Accession Number
58-769-06
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 345251487
Keywords
Battleships
Dedications (Monuments, etc.)
Naval officers
Shipyards
HST Keywords
Ships - USS Missouri - Launching; Truman - Ships - USS Missouri - Launching; Truman, Margaret - Dedications - Christenings - Ships - USS Missouri
People Pictured
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Kelly, Monroe, 1886-1956
Location
Brooklyn (N.Y.)
Rights

Public Domain - This item is in the public domain and can be used freely without further permission.

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Credit:
U.S. Navy

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

Margaret Truman prepares to break a champagne bottle on the bow of the USS Missouri to christen it during a ceremony at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. Left to right: Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly, Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, Senator Harry S. Truman (obscured), and Margaret Truman.

Date(s)
January 29, 1944