Sponsor’s platform at the launching of submarine V-5 (later Narwhal) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 17 Dec 1929. V-5’s bow and forward torpedo tube doors can be seen behind the platform.

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Caption     Sponsor’s platform at the launching of submarine V-5 (later Narwhal) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 17 Dec 1929. V-5’s bow and forward torpedo tube doors can be seen behind the platform. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Kittery, Maine, United States
Date 17 Dec 1929
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   NH 45648
 
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Photos on Same Day 17 Dec 1929
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 1,203 x 969 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
4 Jul 2025 07:26:42 PM

Second from right is the ship’s sponsor, Mrs. Frances Adams, wife of Secretary of the Navy Charles Adams. At far right is the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Charles F. Hughes.

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