Invitation to USS Rowan launching on April 8, 1898

• Main Author: Moran Bros. Company
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1898
• Subjects: Boat & ship industry > Washington (State) > Seattle Launchings > Washington (State) > Seattle Moran Brothers Company (Seattle; Wash.) Rowan (Destroyer : DD 405); Elliott; Hope Island; Maude; Elliott Bay; Hope island
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/11679

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 (Semp...