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Margaret Truman Breaking Champagne Bottle on the Bow of the USS Missouri

58-769-14
Accession Number
58-769-14
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 345251503
Keywords
Battleships
Dedications (Monuments, etc.)
Naval officers
Shipyards
HST Keywords
Ships - USS Missouri - Launching; Truman - Ships - USS Missouri - Launching; Truman, Margaret - Christening - Ships - USS Missouri
People Pictured
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
Kelly, Monroe, 1886-1956
Lingo, Jane Tunstall, 1924-2007
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 breaks a bottle of champagne during the christening ceremonies for the USS Missouri at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. Standing on platform, left to right: Jane Tunstall Lingo, Margaret Truman, Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, and Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly.

Date(s)
January 29, 1944