[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 48 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 48

Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should 
     name a Littoral Combat Ship the U.S.S. Ypsilanti, in honor of 
                          Ypsilanti, Michigan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2011

 Mr. Dingell submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should 
     name a Littoral Combat Ship the U.S.S. Ypsilanti, in honor of 
                          Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Whereas the Navy proposes the procurement of 55 Littoral Combats Ships;
Whereas the Navy has stated it will name Littoral Combats Ships for small towns 
        and communities and mid-size cities;
Whereas the City of Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, with a combined 
        population of 74,439, is a small city that satisfies the criteria for 
        naming Littoral Combats Ships;
Whereas Ypsilanti, Michigan, is named in honor of General Demetrius Ypsilanti, 
        who is considered a Greek war hero for his contributions to achieving 
        Greece's independence in 1829;
Whereas in 1829, the Michigan settlement of Woodruff's Grove combined land 
        acquired by three prominent settlers and changed its name to the City of 
        Ypsilanti;
Whereas Ypsilanti is located in the county that hosts the only Naval Reserve 
        Officer Training Corps unit in Michigan;
Whereas the NROTC unit prepares students from Eastern Michigan University, 
        located in Ypsilanti, for service as officers in both the United States 
        Navy and the United States Marine Corps; and
Whereas the Littoral Combats Ships are designed to operate in littoral, or 
        close-to-shore environments, and a Navy vessel the bearing the name 
        U.S.S. Ypsilanti would help convey the American ideals of freedom and 
        democracy to nations struggling to achieve democracy: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should 
name a Littoral Combat Ship in honor of Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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