USS Fort Worth Launched
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MARINETTE, Wisc. -- Twenty-seven years in the Navy, and even Capt. T.D. Smyers had never seen anything like it.
Just seconds after a resounding thunk of a champagne bottle striking the bow of the USS Fort Worth, a strike delivered left-handed and low by U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, the ship slid down its elevated pierside moorings and hit the water for the first time, listing heavily to starboard before righting just as designed.
"That was extremely cool," said Smyers, commander of Naval Air Station Fort Worth and an aviator unaccustomed to the traditions of the ship side of the Navy. "To have all these people of Fort Worth come to frigid Wisconsin brings both the Navy and the city closer together at a crucial time in both of their histories. This has brought them together in a way never done before."
He's right: 151 years of Fort Worth and 235 years of the U.S. Navy, and Saturday's christening ceremony of the USS Fort Worth at the Marinette Marine shipyards marked a first for both.
"I have learned just how much pride there is in our city that we have come to be a part of the United States Navy fleet," said Mayor Mike Moncrief, who attended the christening with about 60 civic and business leaders. "This ship will not only sail with the city's name, it will sail with our prayers for all those who serve our country and their families."
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Just seconds after a resounding thunk of a champagne bottle striking the bow of the USS Fort Worth, a strike delivered left-handed and low by U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, the ship slid down its elevated pierside moorings and hit the water for the first time, listing heavily to starboard before righting just as designed.
"That was extremely cool," said Smyers, commander of Naval Air Station Fort Worth and an aviator unaccustomed to the traditions of the ship side of the Navy. "To have all these people of Fort Worth come to frigid Wisconsin brings both the Navy and the city closer together at a crucial time in both of their histories. This has brought them together in a way never done before."
He's right: 151 years of Fort Worth and 235 years of the U.S. Navy, and Saturday's christening ceremony of the USS Fort Worth at the Marinette Marine shipyards marked a first for both.
"I have learned just how much pride there is in our city that we have come to be a part of the United States Navy fleet," said Mayor Mike Moncrief, who attended the christening with about 60 civic and business leaders. "This ship will not only sail with the city's name, it will sail with our prayers for all those who serve our country and their families."
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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d72_1291571530
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