Ship’s enroller Caroline Kennedy christens the warship John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) throughout event held Saturday, December 8, at Newport News Shipbuilding department. Also envisioned (entrusted to right) are Charles Frank Bolden Jr., previous NASA manager; John Kerry, previous Secretary of State;Capt Todd Marzano, the ship’s potential commander; Tatiana Schlossberg, the enroller’s child; Newport News Shipbuilding President Jennifer Boykin; as well as Edwin Schlossberg, the enroller’s other half. Photo by Matt Hildreth/ HII.
The UNITED STATE Navy’s most recent nuclear-powered warship was christened John F. Kennedy ( CVN 79) in a December 8 event at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding department.
Former united state ambassador Caroline Kennedy, the ship’s enroller as well as child of President Kennedy, shattered a container of American champagne throughout the acquiesce christen the ship. During her comments, she assessed christening the 2nd warship called in her daddy’s honor.
Decommissioned in 2007, the earlier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was the last traditionally powered provider constructed for the united state Navy.
“This ship will represent the ideals he lived by – courage, sacrifice and belief in freedom – and it will help make real his vision of a more just America and a more peaceful world,” Kennedy stated. “I’m so proud to be sponsor of this ship and to join with all of you to bring her to life. I look forward to being part of her odyssey and of her extended family. Most of all, I hope she will carry my father’s spirit with her as she sails, his leadership in wartime, his courage in crisis and his commitment to the hard and steady work of building peace.”
“As we observe ‘a date which will live in infamy’ on this 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, this magnificent vessel we see before us today is a symbol of our nation’s strength, of our technical achievements and of the critical service our men and women in uniform provide for this nation and the entire world,” stated Charles Frank Bolden Jr., a retired united state Marine Corps significant basic as well as previous NASA manager, as well as astronaut that worked as the primary audio speaker. “This carrier is also a tangible example of the legacy of a great man who risked his own life volunteering for hazardous duty in the Pacific during World War II in the wake of Pearl Harbor, and later came to embody a time of optimism that he translated into a vision for taking humans beyond the sphere of our planet.”
Since the initial cut of steel in February 2011, greater than 5,000 shipbuilders have actually assisted to construct Kennedy, as well as distributors from 46 states have actually added customized components, knowledgeable solutions as well as assistance to warship manufacturing. In the weeks adhering to the baptism, the provider will certainly be introduced right into the James River as well as transferred to a pier where outfitting as well as screening of the ship’s systems will certainly proceed up until the ship is provided to the united state Navy in 2022.
“President John F. Kennedy taught us that deterrence will always cost less than war,” stated Thomas Modly, acting Secretary of theNavy “The purpose of our military, including this warship that bears his name, must be to ensure our nation’s commitment to peace and prosperity for all nations of the world.”
