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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] FWD: Keel Laying Ceremony To Be Held For Texas (SSN 775)
Any chance I cuold build one of THESE out in the back
yard?
--- Mark Steed <plutomark@mail.astate.edu> wrote:
> Thought this might be of interest-Mark Steed
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:10:28 -0400
>
> NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of
> Defense
>
> No. 357-02
> (703)697-5131(media)
> IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> July 10, 2002
> (703)428-0711(public/industry)
>
> KEEL LAYING CEREMONY TO BE HELD FOR TEXAS (SSN 775)
>
> A keel laying ceremony for the Navy's second attack
> submarine of
> the Virginia class will be held Friday, July 12 at
> 11:30 a.m.
> EDT. The ceremony for Texas (SSN 775) will be
> hosted by
> Northrop Grumman Newport News at their facility in
> Newport News,
> Va.
>
> Secretary of the Navy Gordon England will introduce
> U.S. Sen.
> John W. Warner of Virginia, senior-ranking member of
> the Senate
> Armed Services Committee, who will be the keynote
> speaker.
> Other distinguished guests include Northrop Grumman
> Corporation
> Chairman and Chief Executive Office Kent Kresa,
> Northrop Grumman
> Newport News President Tom Schievelbein, General
> Dynamics
> Electric Boat President Mike Toner, Virginia
> Governor Mark R.
> Warner, U.S. Sen. George Allen of Virginia, Chief of
> Naval
> Operations Adm. Vern Clark, and Master Chief Petty
> Officer of
> the Navy Terry Scott.
>
> Attending as the submarine's sponsor, First Lady of
> the United
> States Laura Bush will have her initials welded to
> the hull as
> the keel authenticator for the ceremony. The keel
> that will be
> authenticated for Texas is part of the stern of the
> ship.
>
> The Navy's next-generation attack submarine, the
> Virginia class,
> will provide the U.S. Navy with the capability
> required to
> maintain the nation's undersea supremacy well into
> the 21st
> century. Texas will have improved stealthiness,
> sophisticated
> surveillance capabilities and special warfare
> enhancements,
> which will enable it to meet the Navy's
> multi-mission
> requirements.
>
> Texas will be able to attack targets ashore with
> highly accurate
> Tomahawk cruise missiles and conduct covert
> long-term
> surveillance of land areas, littoral waters or other
> naval
> forces. Other missions include anti-submarine and
> anti-ship
> warfare, Special Forces delivery and support, and
> mine delivery
> and minefield mapping. With enhanced communications
> connectivity, Texas will also provide important
> battle group and
> joint force support, with full integration into
> carrier battle
> group operations.
>
> The Virginia class of attack submarines surpasses
> the
> performance of any current or projected threat
> submarine,
> ensuring U.S. undersea dominance well into the next
> century.
>
> Northrop Grumman Corporation's Newport News sector
> is teamed
> with General Dynamics Electric Boat to build the
> first four
> ships of the Virginia Class. Texas is the second
> ship of the
> class and it is the first to be built at Newport
> News. Texas is
> anticipating a christening date in 2004 and joining
> the fleet
> upon being commissioned in 2005.
>
> This is the fourth ship of the U.S. Navy to carry
> the name
> Texas, which started with the original CSS Texas in
> 1865.
>
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