Photo #: NH 99015
USS Spokane (CL-120)
Ship's keel is laid, at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Company shipyard, Kearny, New Jersey, 15 November 1944.
Photograph from the USS Spokane scrapbook, donated by
Rear Admiral John M. McIsaac, USN, 1974.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 99016
USS Spokane (CL-120)
Ship's prefabricated bow section is hoisted into place for attachment
to her hull, during construction at the Federal Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company shipyard, Kearny, New Jersey, 1945.
Photograph from the USS Spokane scrapbook, donated by
Rear Admiral John M. McIsaac, USN, 1974.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 99017
USS Spokane (CL-120)
On the building ways at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Company shipyard, Kearny, New Jersey.
Taken shortly before she was launched on 22 September 1945.
Photograph from the USS Spokane scrapbook, donated by
Rear Admiral John M. McIsaac, USN, 1974.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 99014
USS Spokane (CL-120)
Ship's Sponsor, Metropolitan Opera star Patrice Munsel, with
Navy Captain Hale, at Spokane's christening ceremonies,
22 September 1945.
The ship was built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company,
Kearny, New Jersey.
Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the U.S. Navy.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 99018
USS Spokane (CL-120)
Ship's Sponsor, Metropolitan Opera star Patrice Munsel, christens
the ship during launching ceremonies at the Federal Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company shipyard, Kearny, New Jersey, 22 September
1945.
Photograph from the USS Spokane scrapbook, donated by
Rear Admiral John M. McIsaac, USN, 1974.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 99019
USS Spokane (CL-120)
Afloat off the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard,
Kearny, New Jersey, immediately after launching, 22 September
1945.
Photograph from the USS Spokane scrapbook, donated by
Rear Admiral John M. McIsaac, USN, 1974.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 99021
USS Spokane (CL-120)
Alongside the Hammerhead Pier at the New York Naval Shipyard,
Brooklyn, N.Y., at the beginning of commissioning ceremonies,
17 May 1946.
Note old ships being scrapped in the drydock at right.
Photograph from the USS Spokane scrapbook, donated by
Rear Admiral John M. McIsaac, USN, 1974.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 99022
USS Spokane (CL-120)
The National Ensign is hoisted as the ship is placed in commission,
during ceremonies at the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.,
17 May 1946.
Photograph from the USS Spokane scrapbook, donated by
Rear Admiral John M. McIsaac, USN, 1974.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 99023
USS Spokane (CL-120)
Dignitaries on board during her commissioning ceremonies, at
the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y., 17 May 1946.
Those present are (from left to right):
Captain Le Merton E. Crist, Jr., Commanding Officer;
Representative Walt Horan, M.C.;
Patrice Munsel, Ship's Sponsor;
Arthur R. Meehan, Mayor of Spokane, Washington; and
Rear Admiral Francis E.M. Whiting, Commander Naval Base, New
York.
Photograph from the USS Spokane scrapbook, donated by
Rear Admiral John M. McIsaac, USN, 1974.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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