Talk:SS Minnesotan

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Sponsor
The article has the ship's sponsor as "Lubelle Shepard", citing Christian Science Monitor of 27 Jan 1913 in an article "Hawaiian Ship Launched" (not found online). As it was the sistership Montanan that was launched the day previous it would be surprising if the CSM report did not cover that event, rather than the launch of Minnesotan over six months earier, unless the claim was that the young lady launched both ships. Miss Lubelle Shepard is indeed shown as sponsor of Montanan in its WP article, citing the same CSM reference, and that is supported by other contemporary reportage, eg Washington Post of 26 Jan 1913. According to the Baltimore Sun of 9 Jun 1912 the sponsor at the previous day's launching of Minnesotan had been Miss Doris Mary Hartridge, daughter of American-Hawaiian's construction superintendent. I have not made any changes as I am not able to access other contemporaneous references. Davidships (talk) 17:36, 10 June 2021 (UTC)