To: sergeantdave
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Sergeant_Lena_Mae_Basilone_christens_USS_Basilone_%28DD-824%29_at_the_Consolidated_Steel_Corporation_Orange%2C_Texas_%28USA%29%2C_on_21_December_1945_%28NH_103377%29.jpg/440px-Sergeant_Lena_Mae_Basilone_christens_USS_Basilone_%28DD-824%29_at_the_Consolidated_Steel_Corporation_Orange%2C_Texas_%28USA%29%2C_on_21_December_1945_%28NH_103377%29.jpg)
Sergeant Lena Mae Basilone, USMC(WR), widow of John Basilone, prepares to christen the destroyer USS Basilone (December 21, 1945)
To: MarvinStinson; Liz; xsmommy; Gabz; Tax-chick; Lazamataz
I don’t know about the champagne bottle, but her look makes me worry about the bow of that destroyer being able to withstand the force of her blow.
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11/07/2021 5:46:29 AM PST by
Robert A Cook PE
(Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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