Muskegon WWII ship to reunite with christening bottle for 75th birthday

Community News |Apr 18, 2017|1 min read

MUSKEGON, MI – The beribboned bottle neck that christened the USS LST 393 will be part of a display celebrating the ship’s 75th “birthday” this summer.

The ship was christened by an 11-year-old shipbuilder executive’s daughter, Lucy Sorenson Pape, in 1942. Pape has the neck of the champagne bottle to be displayed with other artifacts that mark the World War II ship’s beginnings, and the beginning of its 13th year as the USS LST 393 Veterans Museum.

Opening for the season will be on Saturday, April 29.  It will be open weekends through May 20, and then will be open every day through mid-September. The museum closes for the winter at the end of September.

 

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