Rosemary Parker Schoultz, ship's sponsor, caps the christening ceremony for the dock landing ship USS TORTUGA (LSD 46) by breaking a bottle of champagne across the bow - PICRYL - Public Domain
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Treasures: Ship-christening champagne bottle
Naval tradition scrapped as "environmentally unfriendly" - YBW