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Navy lays keel for future USNS Cherokee Nation
Navy lays keel for future USNS Cherokee Nation
By: Christen McCurdy - UPI & Defense News - 02-14-20 Re: https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/202...84/?sl=1&ur3=1 Photo link: https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/i/86715...kee-Nation.jpg Tribal leaders from the Cherokee Nation, U.S. Navy officials from Program Executive Office Ships and executives from Gulf Island Shipyards look on as the initials of the Chuck Hoskins, Jr., principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, and Victoria Mitchell Vazquez, deputy speaker of the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council, are cut into the keel of the future USNS Cherokee Nation in a ceremony at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center. Photo by Landon Hutchens II/U.S. Navy Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Two Cherokee Nation officials attended a keel laying ceremony this week at Gulf Island Shipyard in Houma, La., for the future USNS Cherokee Nation, the U.S. Navy announced Thursday. Chuck Hoskin, Jr., the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and Victoria Mitchell Vazquez, the ship's sponsor and deputy speaker of the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council, attended the Navy's ceremony Wednesday to authenticate the keel for the new vessel, which will be the second ship in the Navy's Navajo class of towing, salvage and rescue vessels. The keel serves as the symbolic backbone of a ship, and the keel laying ceremony formally marks the start of a ship's life and the joining of its modular components. "We are honored to have so many representatives of the Cherokee Nation in attendance to celebrate this early milestone," said Mike Kosar, support ships, boats and craft program manager of Program Executive Office Ships, a Defense Department division that manages the design and construction of several classes of vessels for the military and foreign military sales. "The ship is critical to the operations of our fleet, and will soon sail with the pride and determination of the Cherokee people, which it is named to honor." The Navajo-class ships will be able to tow U.S. Navy ships and carry a load of 2,000 tons. Gulf Island Shipyard is also building the future USNS Navajo and is under contract for the detail design and construction of the future USNS Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinabek. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now how about that! Boats
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