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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 54129

USS Fairfax
(Destroyer # 93)

Ready for launching, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 15 December 1917.
The Sponsor, Mrs. H. George, is standing on the platform at the ship's bow, holding the christening bottle.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 3 November 2004