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People gathered during the launching ceremony of submarine SS Seawolf at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine.
Launching of submarine SS Seawolf (SS-197) at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine on 15 August, 1939. Clip opens with the submarine in water post launch. Next scenes show the prior events: People look on as workers pound braces away so submarine can slide down skids. Sponsor Mrs. Syria Florence Kalbfus, wife of Admiral Edward C. Kalbfus, walks up a flight of stairs beside the submarine ship with a U.S. Navy Officer. She greets another woman. The navy officer near them. The woman talks to another woman. A man standing on a ladder works on a side of the ship. Navy officers and a woman. Mrs. Syria Florence Kalbfus pulls a rope and smashes a bottle against the hull, and the submarine is launched. The submarine sliding into water. People gathered for the World War 2 era launching ceremony.
Submarine USS Searaven (SS-196) moves into water after it is launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine.
Launching of submarine USS Searaven (SS-196) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. Mrs. Julianna B. Cole, wife of Cyrus W. Cole, holding a bouquet of flowers prepares to Christen the boat. She is handed a champagne bottle. People cheer. Spectators in a space marked 'Observation Space'. [ In preparation for launch of another submarine, a sign at adjacent ways in shipyard reads ' U.S.S. SEAWOLF submarine ( SS-197 ) keel laid 27 Sept. 1938 Launching 15 Aug. 1939 ' .] The submarine SS-196 proceeds down the ways into the water, with many persons on her deck. Tug boats move to her sides.