Name/Title
ChristeningEntry/Object ID
XX.2.372Tags
BUCKLEY-class, Ceremony, Destroyer escort, Launching, Christening, Draft marks, SponsorDescription
6.75" x 4.75" black and white photograph of the christening of AMESBURY. It was sponsored by Mrs. Janet Kenney Amesbury, the widow of the late Lt. (jg.) Amesbury who is in the photograph holding a bouqet of flowers. The ship can be seen behind her.
On the reverse, a blue stamp. BETHLEHEM-HINGHAM SHIPYARD, INC. // HULL 3066 NO. D-3 // HINGHAM, MASS. DATE 6/5/43"Collection
USS Amesbury DE66/APD46
