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| Keywords: USS Arizona launch arrival of sponsor NARA 19-LC-19A-5.jpg Arrival of the sponsor the person performing the christening at the launch of the USS Arizona in June 1915 The sponsor was Esther Ross the 17-year-old daughter of a pharmacist from Prescott Arizona and chosen by Arizona's governor and there were three maids of honor Two bottles were used one of the traditional wine and a second with water taken from the newly-opened Roosevelt Dam which was a nod to Arizona being a dry state at the time http //sharlot org/archives/history/dayspast/text/2010_06_12 shtmlhttp //sharlot org/archives/history/dayspast/text/2010_12_01 shtml USS Arizona Arrival of Sponsor Navy Yard New York June 19 1915 Local identifier 19-LC-19A-5 6003992 US Bureau of Ships Department of the Navy Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1915-06-19 Record group Record Group 19 Records of the Bureau of Ships Record group ARC 348 Construction and Launching of Ships compiled 1900 - 1944 Series ARC 512913 no Other versions File USS Arizona launch arrival of sponsor NARA 19-LC-19A-5 tif PD-USGov-Military-Navy August 2011 NARA Backstage Pass USS Arizona BB-39 Ship launchings Arizona | ||||
