Bath Iron Works tomorrow will launch the Carney, an Aegis destroyer weighing 12.

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Source

Portland Press Herald

Date

7-22-1994

Pages

1B, 5B

Abstract

Bath Iron Works tomorrow will launch the Carney, an Aegis destroyer weighing 12.7 million pounds. BIW will follow a 100-year-old tradition when it sends the vessel down 460 feet of concrete on a half-inch of grease into the Kennebec River. A bottle of domestic champagne wrapped in fine wire mesh will be smashed against a special steel edge attached to the ship's bow. Details.

Subjects

Bath Iron Works, Carney (Destroyer), Ship launching

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