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Title

Launching of U.S.S. Huntington, 1945, christening by Mrs. Milton L. Jarret

Authors

Files

Collection

0010: Catherine Bliss Enslow Papers

Institution

Marshall University Archives and Special Collections

Date

4-8-1945

Description

Launching of the ship U.S.S. Huntington, Camden, N.J., 1945, Mrs. Milton L. Jarret, Jr. of Huntington performing christening, b&w Note on bottom of photo reads: 4.8.45 launching of the U.S.S. Huntington. Photo shows sponsor Mrs. Milton L. Jarret, Jr. christening the ship at the NY shipbldg Corp, Canden N. J. USS Huntington, CL107 was a 10,000 ton Fargo class light cruiser decommissioned in mid-June 1949 and laid up in reserve at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was stricken from the Navy list in September 1961 and sold for scrapping April 1962.

Format

Photograph

Place

Washington, D.C.

Subject

People: Jarret, Mrs. Milton L.,Jr.
Subject Terms: Ships U.S.S. Huntington
Studio: Acme Newspictures

Type

Still Image

Usage Rights

Copyright not evaluated.

Identifier

1973.06.0010.46.05.01

Recommended Citation

"Launching of U.S.S. Huntington, 1945, christening by Mrs. Milton L. Jarret" (1945). 0010: Catherine Bliss Enslow Papers, 1890-1973. 76.
https://mds.marshall.edu/bliss_enslow_papers/76