Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1917 — Daughter of Albert Fendig Christened Ship. [ARTICLE]

Daughter of Albert Fendig Christened Ship.

Miss Selma Fendig, daughter of Albert Fendig, of Brunswick, Ga., and a niece of Samuel and Ben Fendig, of this city, was chosen to be the sponsor for a new ship recently constructed by the Marine Construction Company of Brunswick. The Rassapeage, the new boat, is said to be the largest ship ever built in the southeast. The following is taken from the Savannah, Ga., Morning New®: “Brunswick, Ga., Feb, 16.—1 n the presence of thousands of residents of Brunswick and many guests from New York, Birmingham, Savannah, Jacksonville and other cities, theschooner Rassapeage will be launched tomorrow afternoon from the yards-of the Brunswick Marine Construction Corporation. Appropriate ceremonies will mark the occasion, which is beginning of a program of construction by this shipyard. The ship will be christened by Miss Selma Fendig, the pretty daughter of Albert Fendig, one of Brunswick’s most public-spirit-ed citizens, who was instrumental in securing this industry for Brunswick, “The ceremonies will consist of an address of welcome by Mayor J. Hunter Hopkins and a short speech on the possibilities of the shipbuilding industry at southern ports by Col. O. P. Goodyear. At the conclusion of these speeches the Rassapeage will slide from the ways into the waters of Oglethorpe Bay. At least seventyfive guests of prominence m business circles of several cities are”expected to attend the launching, a party of twelve or fifteen high officials of the steel companies of Birmingham district coming by special train. “The Rassapeage is the largest vessel ever built on the south Atlantic coast south of Newport News and the second ocean vessel built in Georgia smee the war between the states. Her tonnage is 1,500, length 205 feet, beam 39 feet, depth of hold 5 feet, and in addition to four masts, she will have auxiliary power from 500 horsepower Dissel type engines.