06-R 105

2006 -- H 7831

Enacted 03/02/06

H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N

MEMORIALIZING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO PERMANENTLY BRING THE USS JOHN F. KENNEDY TO THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Introduced By: Representatives Palumbo, Moura, Jacquard, Lima, and McCauley

Date Introduced: March 02, 2006

     WHEREAS, The USS John F. Kennedy, nicknamed "Big John", was launched on May

27, 1967, and commissioned on September 7, 1968. Originally classified as an Attack Aircraft

Carrier, and later reclassified as a Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier, the ship was recently

decommissioned; and

     WHEREAS, The creation of a museum, honoring the country's naval and aviation

history, and located at the former Quonset/Davisville naval complex on the Narragansett Bay, has

long been a goal of many of Rhode Island's veterans and citizens; and

     WHEREAS, Securing federal financial assistance to permanently locate "Big John" in

Rhode Island, and establish a naval museum, for current and future generations of Rhode

Islanders to enjoy, would be a vastly enriching accomplishment for our state; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby respectfully requests the United States Congress to permanently

bring the USS John F. Kennedy to Rhode Island, and to support federal financial assistance for

the establishment of a museum on the vessel; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Rhode Island Congressional Delegation.

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