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NH 70836 USS V-6 (SS-168, Renamed NAUTILUS in 1931).

USS V-6 (SS-168, Renamed NAUTILUS in 1931).
Title: USS V-6 (SS-168, Renamed NAUTILUS in 1931).
Caption: Miss Jean Keesling, sponsor of V-6, with her escort at the launching. Mare Island navy yard, California, 15 March 1930. Miss Keesling, was sixteen years old, wore a "red dress" and used a quart of cider to christen V-6.
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Catalog #: NH 70836
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Sat, Mar 15, 1930
After this Year: 1930
Before this Year: 1939
Original Medium: BW Photo
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