Bottle

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Artist/Author: 
Will Michels
Subject: 
Bottles, Ships, Launching Ships, San Jacinto Aircraft Carrier
Geographic Area: 
United States
Date: 
1943
Archives: 
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library, San Jacinto Museum of History
Archives Website: 
http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/Library/
Archives email contact: 
library@sanjacinto-museum.org
Description: 

Champagne bottle used by Mary Gibbs Jones, to launch the U.S.S. San Jacinto in 1943. After the U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) was sunk in Sunda Straight, February 28,1942, citizens of Houston purchased enough war bonds to pay to replace the cruiser, with enough money left over to pay for a second ship, the U.S.S San Jacinto.