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vi.. Then Secretary of Defense Donald A. Quarles speaks to the thousands of people that attended 62's christening. Mr. Quarles passed away in mid-1959 The ship, destined to be one of the showpieces of the fleet, received her first visitors . . . one of the largest guided tours ever organized filed through the half- finished hull . . . three years later the ship was to be swarming with admiring crowds again, but in the ,f meantime . . . ll 'Ei S 5 , .-if i lil if :Y gi . . K, gi Q x lnngi A ,,t Q I mai , 'Ms mifvqs, ,, s i ,,. . . 's I at . ,' vm . p .a r 5 Y 1 I 1' 5 is W, 5 af' -QQ f Mrs. Gates breaks the bottle!
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Ilia Crowds of thousands arive at Biooklyn Navy Yard for Christening ceremonies and cheering crowds, ceremomes and champagne . - ',. . 1 .V , - I. rl .. K - :.. :L 54 . b -A A- , ,gk h 'pw ' 2 O O I O I breathe lqve mto CVA 62 The hull completed, the ship is named INDEPEN- DENCE with the traditional ceremony and champagne ' . . . before a crowd of four thousand citizens, Mrs. Thomas S. Gates sponsored the new carrier . . . Rear 'X Admiral Schuler Pyne joined the ceremonies . . . and the newest INDEPENDENCE entered the final stages of building . . . Rear Admiral Schuyler N. Pyne, USN, Commandant of the New York Naval Shipyard, speaks at christening ceremony. '62 was constructed under his administration. Among the thousands . . . Mrs. Thomas Gates, offical sponsor. l4 .L
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n Mrs. Thomas S. Gates, wife of then Secre- tary of the Navy Thomas S. Gates, pre- sented a silver tray to INDEPENDENCE during her christening ceremony in 1958. Newport . . 7' ll' Thousands crowd pier at New York Naval Shipyard for tour of '62. Scene took place at her christening ceremony 6 June 1959. if .ff 5 K '15 1 nl
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