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Show CAPTAIN LYMAN SWENSON TO BE HONORED AT SHIP CHRISTENING BOSTON Captain Lyman K. Swrnson commander .vho died in Lht.' ;n.iir, of the u A -Juneau, wil be honored Saturday when a ship bearing the name of the Utahn is launched, it was announced announ-ced Monday. Captain Lyman K. Swneson, a native of Pleasant Grove Utah, who perished when the light cruiser Juneau was sunk in the Solomon islands area November 13, 1942, will be honored when the destroyer Swenson slides down the ways at the Bath iron works, Bath Me. His daughter, Cecilia A. Swenson Swen-son of San Francisco, Cal., will sponsor the ship. His widow, Mrs. Lauretta A. Swenson, now lives in New Y'ork, while a son is attending attend-ing the U. S. naval academy at Annapolis, Md. Captain Swenson was born in Pleasant Grove, in November, 1892 a son of Knud and Marie Hansen Swenson. He was a brother to Ezra Swensen,' who received an invitation invitat-ion to attend the ceremonies to be held Saturday. After graduating from the local schools, he studied at Brigham Young University, andin 1912 received re-ceived a normal degree. The same year he was appointed to the naval ncademv at Annapolis, from which he graduated in 1916. During World War I, Captain Swenson served with the submarine subma-rine service.) I |