A form of 19th-century entertainment, ship launchings were a significant affair.

This was probably one of the first ever ship launchings to be filmed.

Ship launching ways are still visible on the island's upriver end.

It was customary for the builders to celebrate a ship launching.

Different peoples and cultures shaped the religious ceremonies surrounding a ship launching.

The sounds of the ship launching snap Romana from her trance.

Japanese ship launchings incorporate silver axes which are thought to bring good luck and scare away evil.

Ship launching is often a ceremony of some significance, and is usually when the vessel is formally named.

The Pennells gained much visibility during their boom period and entertained famous guests, who often attended ship launchings.

Today, the steering committee of the Pearly association meets monthly to consider requests for appearances, from ribbon cuttings to ship launchings.

(Mr. Lott himself played tuba in a high school band that performed for ship launchings.)

Ship launchings in the Ottoman Empire were accompanied by prayers to Allah, the sacrifice of sheep, and appropriate feasting.

French ship launchings and christenings in the 18th and early 19th centuries were accompanied by unique rites closely resembling marriage and baptismal ceremonies.

Sarreguemines city official web site, describing the three-day travel of the Majesty of the Seas from Morsbach construction site to ship launching.

Ship launching participants in ancient Greece wreathed their heads with olive branches, drank wine to honor the gods, and poured water on the new vessel as a symbol of blessing.

As the 19th century progressed, American ship launchings continued to be festive occasions, but with no set ritual except that the sponsor(s) used some "christening fluid" as the ship received her name.

Six ship launching ways were planned, but the old repair yard, purchased from Southern Pacific Railroad, and located at the base of Spring Street, was found to have inadequate space to accommodate this need.

No other wine has been so brilliantly defined by its marketing, which places Champagne at the center of weddings, ship launchings and other cultivated, congratulatory affairs, but never at the center of a meal, where you would put any other wine.

Although he had retired from active service on December 1, 1940, after America's entry into World War II Watts was involved in the industrial incentives section of the Navy's office of public relations, speaking at ship launchings, and presenting "E" pennants to defense plants in recognition of outstanding war production.