Christening and Launch of U.S.S. West Virginia

Identifier:

048507

Title:

Christening and Launch of U.S.S. West Virginia

Date:

1921/11/19

Description:

Miss Alice Wright-Mann, third from left holding a large bouquet and bottle, poses with a group on the battleship. The rest of the subjects are unidentified.Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.

Subjects:

Counties--Mercer., Battleships., Portraits, Group.

Personal Names:

Mann, Alice Wright.

Corporate Names:

U.S.S. West Virginia.

Medium:

print

Projects:

USS West Virginia , West Virginia History OnView