Swanson Christened at Charleston Navy Yard
The new destroyer named U. S. Swanson slid down the ways at the Charleston South Carolina navy yard. Mrs. Claude Swanson wife of the late secretary of the navy christened the vessel.
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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1940
Page
7
The new destroyer named U. S. Swanson slid down the ways at the Charleston South Carolina navy yard. Mrs. Claude Swanson wife of the late secretary of the navy christened the vessel.
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