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<p>Participants in the launch ceremony for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_North_Carolina_(BB-55)" class="extiw" title="w:USS North Carolina (BB-55)">USS North Carolina</a> in 1940 at the New York Navy Yard.  Left to right: Mrs Padgett, Lt. Sampson, Mrs. Bessie Gardner Hoey, North Carolina governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_R._Hoey" class="extiw" title="w:Clyde R. Hoey">Clyde R. Hoey</a>, Isabel Hoey (governor's daughter and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ship_sponsor" class="extiw" title="w:ship sponsor">ship sponsor</a>), Lt. De Metropolis, Mrs. Robinson, Lt. Myers.
</p><p>Box: 19LCM, BB-55 to BB-56; Folder: launching party 6/13/40<br></p>
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United States Navy</div>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._National_Archives_and_Records_Administration" class="extiw" title="en:U.S. National Archives and Records Administration">U.S. National Archives and Records Administration</a>