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Navy, Shipbuilders Prepare Reagan Carrier for Christening
By Lawrence Morahan
CNS Senior Staff Writer March 02, 2001
Newport News, Va. (CNSNews.com) - Top Navy brass and Newport
News Shipbuilding executives are busily preparing for the
christening of the Ronald Reagan, the ninth nuclear powered
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier to be built at Newport News and the
first to bear the name of a living former president.
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan will christen the $5 billion
carrier Sunday, the 49th anniversary of her wedding to the former
president, at a public ceremony here that is expected to draw
20,000 people.
President George Bush will be the principle speaker at the
ceremony. Guests will include: Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore,
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and Virginia Sens. John
Warner and George Allen.
Former President Reagan will not attend the event. He withdrew
from public life in 1994 after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's
disease.
Mrs. Reagan will break the traditional bottle of champagne
against the ship's hull and officially christen the ship in the
name of the 40th president.
The Reagan is about 60 percent complete. It will undergo 2 more
years of construction before it joins the Navy's fleet in 2003.
The state-of-the-art Reagan is 1,092 feet long and towers 20
stories above the water line. When complete, the Reagan will
have a full compliment of 6,000 personnel and 80 aircraft aboard.
Capt. J.W. Goodwin, 47, is the prospective commanding officer.
"Two weeks ago, early on a Saturday morning, they opened the
valves at the end of the dry dock here and we filled it up for
the first time - then you know you're one step closer to taking
the ship to sea," he said.
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