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Shipyard lays keel of carrier in solemn tribute to Gerald R. Ford

Moments after Susan Ford Bales chalked her initials into a steel plate authenticating the keel of the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier Saturday, the strongest crane in the Western Hemisphere lifted into place a 900-plus-ton section of steel marking the start of construction of the first-of-its-kind ship.
As Bales, the late President Ford's only daughter and sponsor of the ship, finished a solemn and emotional tribute to her father, a retractable canvas door rose, sending a blast of cool, misty air into the Newport News shipyard's new $37 million outfitting facility.

Monday 16 November, 2009 04:35 PM

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