Photo #: NH 98157
USS Broome (Destroyer # 210)
Miss Mary Josephine Keyworth Broome, ship's Sponsor, with her
party at Broome's christening ceremonies, 14 May 1919.
The ship was built at the William Cramp & Sons shipyard, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Miss Broome was granddaughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Lloyd
Broome, USMC, in whose honor USS Broome was named. Her
attendants, at left, are wearing the War Service uniform of the
Emergency Aid.
Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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