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80-G-62015: Christening of USS Wintle (DE-25) and USS Dempsey (DE-26)

80-G-62015: Mrs. James A. Dempsey, Ship’s Sponsor of USS Dempsey (DE 26), (left), Rear Admiral Robert A. Theobald, USN, (center), and Mrs. Mary Wintle, Ship’s Sponsor of USS Wintle (DE 25), (right), at the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, for the christening and launching of both destroyer escorts on April 22, 1943. Wintle was named after Lieutenant Commander Jack W. Wintle who was killed on board USS San Francisco (CA 38) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/10/06).
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Caption: Mrs. James A. Dempsey, Ship’s Sponsor of USS Dempsey (DE-26), (left), Rear Admiral Robert A. Theobald, USN, (center), and Mrs. Mary Wintle, Ship’s Sponsor of USS Wintle (DE-25), (right), at the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, for the christening and launching of both destroyer escorts on April 22, 1943. Dempsey was named after Lieutenant Junior Grade Richard J. Dempsey who was killed on board USS Vincennes (CA-44) during the Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942. Wintle was named after Lieutenant Commander Jack W. Wintle who was killed on board USS San Francisco (CA-38) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/10/06).
Accession #: 80-G-62015
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