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Los Angeles Times
March 11, 2007
By Times Wire Reports
With the boom of cannons, the Navy commissioned the U.S. transport ship New Orleans, the first time since at least World War II a Navy ship has been built and commissioned in its namesake city.
"May God bless and guide this warship and all who sail on her," the secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter, said before hundreds of sailors in crisp, white uniforms ran onto the ship to set the traditional first watch and to salute the crowd below.
The $1.3-billion New Orleans is the fourth ship to bear the city's name. The last one, decommissioned in 1997, served during the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm.
March 11, 2007
By Times Wire Reports
With the boom of cannons, the Navy commissioned the U.S. transport ship New Orleans, the first time since at least World War II a Navy ship has been built and commissioned in its namesake city.
"May God bless and guide this warship and all who sail on her," the secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter, said before hundreds of sailors in crisp, white uniforms ran onto the ship to set the traditional first watch and to salute the crowd below.
The $1.3-billion New Orleans is the fourth ship to bear the city's name. The last one, decommissioned in 1997, served during the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm.
