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14 Oct 1915

United States

The keel of battleship California (later New Mexico) was laid down at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New York Navy Yard | New Mexico | Brooklyn, New York | CPC]

Photo(s) dated 14 Oct 1915

Workers at the keel laying ceremony of battleship California (future New Mexico), New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 14 Oct 1915

US Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels at the keel laying ceremony of battleship California (future New Mexico), New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 14 Oct 1915

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