Louisville (Submarine)

Content Description This collection consists largely of commemorative items, correspondence, news clippings and photos documenting the launch of the cruiser U.S.S. Louisville at Puget Sound, Bremerton, Washington on September 1, 1930 as well as additional items on the history of the vessel until it was scrapped in 1980 and its successor Submarine Louisville was commissioned (1986). The materials were passed down by the U.S.S. Louisville's honorary "sponsor," thirteen year old Louisvillian Jane Brown Kennedy...