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Dedication to help bring one family full circle

 
By John Greiner | Published: December 7, 2007    Comment on this article Leave a comment

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Two relatives of the woman who christened the USS Oklahoma for its maiden voyage will be at the dedication of the ship's memorial today at Pearl Harbor.

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Lorena Cruce Maldonado is shown Thursday in Honolulu. Maldonado's grandmother christened the the USS Oklahoma. By John Clanton, The Oklaho
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Adm. Timothy Keating, U.S. Pacific Command; Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii; Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle; Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry; Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii; Rep. Mary Fallin, R-Oklahoma City; Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore; Assistant Secretary of the Interior Lyle Laverty; Lisa Ridge, granddaughter of an Oklahoma crew member killed that day; and Ed Vezey, a USS Oklahoma survivor

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Lorena Cruce, daughter of Oklahoma's second governor, Lee Cruce, christened the ship on March 23, 1914.

She traveled from Oklahoma to Camden, N.J., to throw a bottle of champagne against the ship's bow, and the family still has a plaque with a crocheted bag holding the remnants of the champagne bottle, said Lorena Cruce Maldonado, her granddaughter.

"It was probably one of the most exciting days of her life,” Maldonado said of her grandmother.

Gov. Cruce's wife died in childbirth, so his daughter, Lorena Cruce, often took the role of first lady, said Maldonado, a school teacher in California.

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