Keywords: 80-G-299255: Mrs. David S. Folsom, Sponsor of USS Rowan (DD 782) during the destroyer’s christening at Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Washington, December 29, 1944. Mrs. Folsom was the great-grandniece Vice Admiral Stephen C. Rowan. A veteran of Korea and Vietnam, Rowan eventually ran around and was wrecked while under tow in August 22, 1977. She was later salvaged for parts. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15). 80-G-299255: Mrs. David S. Folsom, Sponsor of USS Rowan (DD 782) during the destroyer’s christening at Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Washington, December 29, 1944. Mrs. Folsom was the great-grandniece Vice Admiral Stephen C. Rowan. A veteran of Korea and Vietnam, Rowan eventually ran around and was wrecked while under tow in August 22, 1977. She was later salvaged for parts. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15). |