USS Woolsey (DD-77)
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The first USS Woolsey was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Melancthon Taylor Woolsey.
USS Woolsey
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A ship sponsor, by tradition, is a female civilian who is invited to "sponsor" a vessel, presumably to bestow good luck and divine protection over the seagoing vessel and all that sail aboard. In the
USS Woolsey (DD-77)
…Melancthon Taylor Woolsey. Woolsey was laid down on 1 November 1917 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works. The ship was launched on 17 September 1918, sponsored by Mrs. Elise Campau Wells. The destroyer was commissioned on 30 September 1918, Lieutenant Commander Frederick V. McNair, Jr. in command. After trials…
Kate Lehrer, sponsor of USS Wichita (LCS-13), breaks a bottle of champagne on the ship during a christening ceremony in 2016