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New warship USS Detroit to be commissioned in ceremony along Detroit River
mlive ^ | 4 Jul 2014 | Khalil AlHajal

Posted on 07/05/2014 7:18:28 PM PDT by shove_it

A new warship to be named the USS Detroit will be commissioned in a 2016 ceremony along the Detroit River. The 389-foot long, 7.5-million-pound littoral combat ship, shown here in a June 27 photo, is being built in Marinette, Wis. It will sail after the Detroit ceremony to its home port in San Diego. (Lockheed Martin)

(more details and a slideshow at link)

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: michigan; military; wisconsin
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1 posted on 07/05/2014 7:18:28 PM PDT by shove_it
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To: shove_it

If it is anything like the city, it’ll sink like a stone


2 posted on 07/05/2014 7:19:24 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Coolness

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3 posted on 07/05/2014 7:20:58 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: GeronL

Agree. Names should be inspiring, not depressing.


4 posted on 07/05/2014 7:22:48 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (I never thought anyone could make Jimmy Carter look good in comparisons)
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To: shove_it; cripplecreek

Mich ping

Anybody know who runs the Wisconsin ping list?


5 posted on 07/05/2014 7:22:50 PM PDT by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
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To: shove_it

Sounds like a close to shore capable small battleship.


6 posted on 07/05/2014 7:24:32 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: shove_it

I was picturing graffiti camouflage.


7 posted on 07/05/2014 7:27:39 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: cripplecreek

Whoda thunk a USN ship would be built and commissioned on the Great Lakes.

Actually there was another USS Detroit - a 4-stack light cruiser. One of only TWO warships that were at Pearl on Dec 7 AND at Tokyo Bay for the Surrender ceremony.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Detroit_(CL-8)


8 posted on 07/05/2014 7:27:44 PM PDT by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
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To: shove_it

There’s at least one aircraft carrier trainer at the bottom of lake Michigan.


9 posted on 07/05/2014 7:30:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: shove_it

Looks sweet.


10 posted on 07/05/2014 7:33:03 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: shove_it

My uncle was on the Detroit at Pearl Harbor.


11 posted on 07/05/2014 7:33:28 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: Steely Tom
"I was picturing graffiti camouflage."

LOL, good thinkin'....

12 posted on 07/05/2014 7:33:56 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: IMR 4350

Did the Japs hit her?


13 posted on 07/05/2014 7:34:34 PM PDT by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
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To: shove_it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Detroit_%28CL-8%29


14 posted on 07/05/2014 7:34:44 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: shove_it
USS Detroit (CL-8) was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the fourth Navy ship named for the city of Detroit, Michigan.

Detroit was launched on 29 June 1922 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Miss M. Couzens, daughter of James J. Couzens, the Mayor of Detroit, Michigan; and commissioned on 31 July 1923, Captain J. Halligan, Jr., in command.

15 posted on 07/05/2014 7:35:53 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: shove_it

Sounds like a cruiser name, and it’s smaller than the destroyer where I was assigned.


16 posted on 07/05/2014 7:37:52 PM PDT by stevem
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To: shove_it

I’m so sure I would like to be on a ship named after a bankrupt, dying city.


17 posted on 07/05/2014 7:39:18 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: shove_it

Just add water...


18 posted on 07/05/2014 7:40:15 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses...)
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A number of fleet submarines, about 2 dozen IIRC, were built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin during WW-II and floated down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico

Not to mention landing craft were also made in Wisconsin and in Kansas City as well. They to were floated down the rivers to the gulf as well.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}


19 posted on 07/05/2014 7:41:30 PM PDT by alfa6
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To: shove_it

Not that I know of, too small to be a target.

I know it burned at least one of it’s engines up getting out. Headed back to California IIRC.


20 posted on 07/05/2014 7:43:43 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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