Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1916 — U. S. Submarine L-7 Launched. [ARTICLE]

U. S. Submarine L-7 Launched.

Long Beach, L. 1., Sept. 29.—United States submarine L-7 was launched here by the California Shipbuilding company while six torpedo boat destroyers of the Pacific fleet drowned band music with their whistles. Mrs. W. B. Fogarty of San Francisco, wife of Naval Constructor Fogarty, christened the vessel with a silver-encased bottle of California champagne.