DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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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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