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USS Chesty
 Top commanders from the Navy and Marine Corps were on hand for the Saturday christening of a ship that honored the memory of a revered Marine and symbolized efforts to bolster the military's ability to put troops ashore on distant beaches.Just before 11 a.m., with an estimated 1,000 people looking on at the General Dynamics-NASSCO shipyard in Barrio Logan, Martha Puller Downs, the daughter of Marine legend Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller, broke a Champagne bottle -- on the fifth whack -- against the Mobile Landing Platform's hull. Posted by: Frank G 2015-02-08 |
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