Photograph of Cecil Lyon and his daughter, Claudia Lyon, walking at the front of a line of people in Navy uniforms.

Photograph of Claudia Lyon standing in the launching booth with her father, Colonel Cecil Lyon, at the launching of the U.S.S. Texas.

Photograph of Cecil Lyon standing in the launching booth with his daughter, Claudia Lyon, and another woman, at the launching of the U.S.S. Texas.

Photograph of Claudia Lyon standing in a yard outside of a house and holding a hat in her hands.

Photograph of Claudia Lyon standing near a sidewalk in a neighborhood with houses visible in the background.

Photograph of Claudia Lyon standing in the launching booth at the launching of the U.S.S. Texas, holding a large bouquet in one hand and a bottle of champagne attached to a rope in the other hand.

Photograph of Claudia Lyon in a hat holding a large bouquet of flowers and standing behind a table decorated with an American flag at the launching of the U.S.S. Texas.

Photograph of Claudia Lyon standing in a launching booth decorated with an American flag and holding a large bouquet in one hand and a bottle of champagne attached to a rope in the other.

Photograph of Claudia Lyon wearing a large hat and holding a champagne bottle attached to a rope and decorated with ribbons.

Photograph of Claudia Lyon holding a large bouquet and a bottle attached to a rope. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Miss Claudia Lyon, aged 10 years. Daughter of Col. Cecil A. Lyon, American statesman, and niece of C. Otto Forster Braun of Springfort. Sponsor at launching of U.S. battleship 'Texas' - largest vessel in American Navy and first to carry the new 14-inch guns. Youngest person to act as sponsor at launching of a vessel in American Navy. This photo shows the little girl in launching booth and holding champagne bottle in hand."

Photograph of Claudia Lyon wearing a white dress and hat and holding a large bouquet at the launching of the U.S.S. Texas.

Photograph of Claudia Lyon, with maids of honor: Miss Garland Bonner, Miss May Colquitt, Miss Ura Link, and Miss Mae Furey, dressed up and some holding large bouquets of flowers for the launching of the U.S.S. Texas. A man stands behind them.

Photograph of an airplane taking off from the deck of the U.S.S. Texas, with a group of Navy personnel looking on. A note on the photo says "First flight of airplane off an American battleship by Lt. Comdr. McDonnell of U.S.S. Texas on March 10, 1919."

Photograph of Claudia Lyon standing with three other young women wearing hats, with a river in the background.

Photograph of the Lyon family. Two men stand on both sides of a group of women and a child, Claudia Lyon, sitting on a bench.

Photograph of the U.S.S. Texas basketball team posing for a team photo. The bottom row of men are seated on the bottom step, and the five men on the top row are standing on the next step up. This team was the Pacific Fleet champions in 1919-20. Three of the men are named on the photograph, and the other have been identified by a Portal user: (Top row, left to right) Brown, Gray, Couble, Bott, Redman. (Bottom row, left to right) Hudock, Norton, Kincaid, Swift). According to the user: "Names via Spalding's Official Basket Ball Guide, "Red Cover" series of Athletic Handbooks, 1920-21, No. Four."

Photograph of the 1915-1918 race boat crew of the U.S.S. Texas. Most of the sailors in this photo are not wearing a shirt; eight of the men are sitting and the rest are standing up behind them. The photo says that this crew was champions of the Atlantic Fleet.

Photograph of the U.S.S. Texas in the ocean after being launched, with a large crowd of people standing on the launching dock in the foreground.

Photograph of the U.S.S. Texas in the ocean after being launched, with a large crowd of people standing on the launching dock in the foreground.

Photograph of the christening party for the U.S.S. Texas at its launching ceremony. The christening party is comprised of Claudia Lyon and four other women.

Photograph of men in Navy uniforms on the deck of U.S.S. Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "U.S.S. Texas BB-35 Battleship, commissioned 12 March 1914."

Photograph of U.S.S. Texas coming into a harbor with tugboats around it, and other ships and boats in the background.

Photograph of the U.S.S. Texas being launched in Newport News, Virginia, with people standing on the deck of the ship as well as on the dock.

Photograph of a crowd of people standing near the U.S.S. Texas during its launching ceremony. Claudia Lyon and her father, Cecil Lyon, stand with a bottle of champagne between them in a booth decorated with an American flag.