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Charles M. Johnson Collection

MSA SC 5732
Dates	1920
Medium	Original (photographs)
Restrictions	No restrictions
Storage	33/04/04/S7
Description
Photo postcards depicting the launching cermonies and the launching of the battleship U.S.S. Maryland [BB-46] on March 20, 1920.
History
"Her keel was laid down 24 April 1917 by Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 20 March 1920 sponsored by Mrs. E. Brook Lee, wife of the Comptroller of the State of Maryland and commissioned on 21 July 1921 with Captain C.F. Preston in command."

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