Invitation to USS Nebraska launching on October 7, 1904

• Main Author: Moran Bros. Company
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1904
• Subjects: Boat & ship industry > Washington (State) > Seattle Launchings > Washington (State) > Seattle Moran Brothers Company (Seattle; Wash.) Nebraska (Battleship); Battleship; Champagne; Hope Island; Nain; Pacific; Hope island
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/11691

In 1904, the Moran Brothers shipyard in Seattle launched the battleship USS Nebraska (BB-14). This vessel was the first steel ship to be built on Puget Sound and the first naval battleship to be built in the Pacific Northwest. At the launching, bands played, people cheered, dignitaries made speeches...