Navy Yard, , North Carolina launching party. L to R Mrs. Padgett, Lt. Sampson, Mrs. Hoey, Gov. Hoey, Miss Hoey (sponsor), Lt. De Metropolis, Mrs. Robinson, Lt. Myers; Participants in the launch ceremony for the USS North Carolina in 1940 at the New York Navy Yard. Left to right: Mrs Padgett, Lt. Sampson, Mrs. Bessie Gardner Hoey, North Carolina governor Clyde R. Hoey, Isabel Hoey (governor's daughter and ship sponsor), Lt. De Metropolis, Mrs. Robinson, Lt. Myers. Box: 19LCM, BB-55 to BB-56; Folder: launching party 6/13/40 F-1110-C-201

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