USS Yorktown (CV-10) Christening Champagne Bottle and Netting

This bottle fragment and netting were attached to the champagne bottle First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, the ship's sponsor, broke across the bow of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) at the christening ceremony on January 21, 1943. During the ceremony, the ship started moving out of drydock prematurely. The First Lady threw the christening bottle at the now moving Yorktown. The bottle bounced back off the aircraft carrier, but the Eleanor adeptly caught it, and threw it back once again. This time the bottle broke to the combined laughter and cheers of the crowd.