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R/V Neil Armstrong: Navy christens ocean research ship for first moonwalker
Published on Mar 29, 2014
Carol Armstrong, ship's sponsor for the Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) research vessel (R/V) Neil Armstrong (AGOR 27), breaks a bottle across the bow during a christening ceremony at Dakota Creek Industries, Inc., shipyard in Anacortes, Wash.
Carol Armstrong, ship's sponsor for R/V Neil Armstrong, breaks a bottle across the bow during a March 29 christening ceremony in Anacortes, Wash. Joining her: Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, chief of naval research; Dick Nelson with Dakota Creek Industries; and Kali Armstrong, the astronaut's granddaughter. (USN/J.F. Williams)
March 31, 2014 — You could call it one small step for a ship, one giant leap for oceanographic research.
The U.S. Navy named the first of a new class of research vessels after the first man to walk on the moon, astronaut Neil Armstrong, during a ceremony Saturday (March 29) at the Port of Anacortes Transit Shed in Washington.
Carol Armstrong, the ship sponsor, followed naval tradition breaking a bottle of sparkling wine against the Navy's 27th auxiliary general oceanographic research (AGOR-27) ship, christening it in the name of her late husband.
"[The christening] is a fitting tribute to a man whose work as a naval aviator and astronaut inspired generations of Americans to look beyond the horizon, to strive to achieve the seemingly impossible," said the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus in a statement.
"This ceremony honors not only this great man, but the hundreds of people whose tireless efforts in constructing this ship led to this day, a day when the spirit of discovery and exploration is celebrated as it should be," he added.
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R/V Neil Armstrong: Navy christens ocean research ship for first moonwalker
Published on Mar 29, 2014
Carol Armstrong, ship's sponsor for the Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) research vessel (R/V) Neil Armstrong (AGOR 27), breaks a bottle across the bow during a christening ceremony at Dakota Creek Industries, Inc., shipyard in Anacortes, Wash.
Carol Armstrong, ship's sponsor for R/V Neil Armstrong, breaks a bottle across the bow during a March 29 christening ceremony in Anacortes, Wash. Joining her: Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, chief of naval research; Dick Nelson with Dakota Creek Industries; and Kali Armstrong, the astronaut's granddaughter. (USN/J.F. Williams)
March 31, 2014 — You could call it one small step for a ship, one giant leap for oceanographic research.
The U.S. Navy named the first of a new class of research vessels after the first man to walk on the moon, astronaut Neil Armstrong, during a ceremony Saturday (March 29) at the Port of Anacortes Transit Shed in Washington.
Carol Armstrong, the ship sponsor, followed naval tradition breaking a bottle of sparkling wine against the Navy's 27th auxiliary general oceanographic research (AGOR-27) ship, christening it in the name of her late husband.
"[The christening] is a fitting tribute to a man whose work as a naval aviator and astronaut inspired generations of Americans to look beyond the horizon, to strive to achieve the seemingly impossible," said the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus in a statement.
"This ceremony honors not only this great man, but the hundreds of people whose tireless efforts in constructing this ship led to this day, a day when the spirit of discovery and exploration is celebrated as it should be," he added.
CONTINUE READING: www.collectspace.com/news/news-033114a-rv-neil-armstrong-christening.html