Former Senator Carl Levin On Hand To Witness Keel-Laying of the USS Carl Levin
BATH, Maine (CBS Detroit/ AP) - Former Senator, Carl Levin, who served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will be on hand to witness the keel-laying of the USS Carl Levin.
Levin, who served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is attended to the ceremony Friday at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works.
The keel-laying ceremony harkens back to the days of sailing vessels when construction began with a keel upon which the ship is built.
Modern warships aren't built that way, so the ceremony marks a milestone in steel fabrication. The 9,500-ton destroyers in the Arleigh Burke class can easily top 30 knots while simultaneously waging war with enemy ships, submarines, missiles and aircraft.
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