File:Invitation to USS Rowan launching on April 8, 1898 (MOHAI 11679).jpg

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English: Invitation to USS Rowan launching on April 8, 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Moran Bros. Company
Title
English: Invitation to USS Rowan launching on April 8, 1898
Description
English:

In 1898, the Moran Bros. Company shipyard in Seattle launched the USS Rowan (also TB-8), a Navy torpedo boat which was the first war vessel built in the State of Washington. An estimated 10,000 people came to watch the ceremony on Elliott Bay during which the boat was christened by Adria Maude (Semple) Moale Langdon (1872-1947) the wife of Navy Lieutenant Edward Moale, Jr." 1866-1903)"

Caption information source: "The Rowan is Launched," The Seattle Daily Times, April 10, 1898, p. 8. Caption information source: "L. B. Young Dies While on Outing at Hope Island," The Seattle Daily Times, June 11, 1923, p.1.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Boat & ship industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Launchings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Moran Brothers Company (Seattle, Wash.); Rowan (Destroyer : DD 405)
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 invitation; 5 x 8 in. folded to 5 x 4 in.
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
11679
Inscriptions
Yourself and Friends are invited to witness the launch of the first war vessel built in the State of Washington, the U.S. Torpedo Boat Rowan on Friday April 8th 1898 at 5.45 o'clock P.M. Christening by Mrs. Edward Moale.


Very respectfully, Moran Bros. Company
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English: Museum of History and Industry
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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MOHAI, 1969.5072.102

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