Margaret Truman breaks a bottle of champagne during christening and launching ceremonies for the USS Missouri at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. Standing on platform, from left to right: Jane Tunstall Lingo, Margaret Truman, Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, and Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly.
View of christening and launching ceremonies for the USS Missouri at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. Standing on the platform, from left to right are: Jane Tunstall Lingo, Margaret Truman, Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, and Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly. Standing in front of the platform are Senator Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Drucie Snyder.
View of the launching of the USS Missouri from the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, after christening ceremonies.
Margaret Truman prepares to break a champagne bottle on the bow of the USS Missouri to christen it during a ceremony at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. From left to right: Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly, Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, Senator Harry S. Truman (partially obscured), and Margaret Truman.
The Truman Family attends christening and launching ceremonies of the battleship USS Missouri at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. From left to right, Senator Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman (with a bouquet of flowers), Bess Truman, and Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy.