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USS Arizona

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Creator: Unknown Publisher: Unknown File Name: po1006pb.jpg Location: PO-481 Medium: B&W New Call Number: 1700-0481-0005 Old Call Number: po1006pb Original Format: Print Size: <2x3 Photo Collection: Historic Photographs Photo Date: June 19, 1915 Rights: Reproduction requires permission. Digital images property of SHM Library & Archives

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This article photocopy is attached to the back of an envelope. The photograph shows the christening ceremony for the USS Arizona when it was launched June 19, 1915 in New York City. Esther (Ross) Wray Hoggan of Prescott, then age 17 and shown at the top left, was selected by Arizona Governor George Hunt to launch the ship. The USS Arizona was sunk at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

The two captions read: "Miss Esther Ross, of Prescott, Arizona, christening the new U.S. Super-Dreadnought" and "The United States Super-Dreadnought 'Arizona' leaving the Ways." The photograph appeared in The Shipping News, July 7, 1915.

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