Featured Documents of the Month from NARA at Boston

Future first lady and wife of Texas Congressman Lyndon Johnson, July 7, 1944,

On July 7, 1944, future first lady and wife of Texas Congressman Lyndon Johnson launched the submarine U.S.S. Trench at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Record Group 181: Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, 1784 - 2000, Correspondence Concerning Ships, 1937 - 1954, Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Sponsor for USS Tench (SS 417) Launch, 07/07/1944, National Archives Identifier: 7431685.