Related articles on yesterday launching of the Carney, the eighth Arleigh Burke

Source

Portland Press Herald

Date

7-24-1994

Pages

1A, 12A

Abstract

Related articles on yesterday launching of the Carney, the eighth Arleigh Burke Class destroyer to be launched by Bath Iron Works. During the launching, 60 groups of three or four workers drive six-foot-long wedges of oak between wooden sliders and the wooden cradle that holds the ship in place during its 640-foot descent into the river. Details.

Subjects

Carney (Destroyer), Ship launching

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