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Montour American
Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania
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Miss Frances E. West, a prominent Des Moines, Iowa, socialite and Vassar graduate from a wealthy family, was selected to christen the new protected cruiser USS Des Moines. The 3,200-ton ship features 16.5 knots speed and various armaments. This marks the second Iowa girl chosen for such an honor.
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Miss Frances E. West, Who Was Selected to Christen New Warship.
The city of Des Moines, Ia., is not greatly pleased with the battleship that bears its name, but extremely proud of Miss Frances E. West, who was selected to christen it, for few American warships have had fairer sponsors than the new cruiser Des Moines.
Miss West is one of the belles of Des Moines and very handsome and accomplished. She is a musician of ability, and her family is one of the best known in that city. Her mother was a Miss Chase and was connected by ties of blood relationship with Chief Justice Chase and Prescott, the historian. The father of Miss West is a type of the successful business man and is very wealthy.
The Des Moines is a protected cruiser of 3,200 tons, with a speed of 16.5 knots an hour. She is armed with ten 5 inch guns, eight 6 pounders, two 1 pounders and two rapid firing Colts. She has twin screws and is of the same type as the Denver, Chattanooga, Galveston, Cleveland and Tacoma.
This is the second time an Iowa girl has been selected to christen an American warship. Miss Mary Lord Drake, daughter of Governor Drake, gave the Iowa her name when she was launched several years ago. Ever since her debut Miss West has been one of the leading society young women in Des Moines. She is a graduate of Vassar and has traveled widely in Europe.
MISS FRANCES E. WEST.
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miss west selected as sponsor; second iowa girl to christen a u.s. warship.
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Miss Frances E. West, a handsome and accomplished musician from a prominent Des Moines family connected to Chief Justice Chase and historian Prescott, was chosen to christen the new protected cruiser Des Moines. The ship is 3,200 tons, 16.5 knots, armed with ten 5-inch guns, eight 6-pounders, two 1-pounders, and two rapid-firing Colts, with twin screws, similar to Denver, Chattanooga, Galveston, Cleveland, and Tacoma classes. Previously, Miss Mary Lord Drake christened the USS Iowa.