[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 389 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 389

           Commemorating the commissioning of the USS Omaha.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 30, 2018

   Mrs. Fischer (for herself and Mr. Sasse) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
           Commemorating the commissioning of the USS Omaha.

Whereas the great city of Omaha, Nebraska, was founded on July 4, 1854;
Whereas the Lone Tree Ferry bringing pioneers across the Missouri River into 
        Omaha caused Omaha to become known as the ``Gateway to the West'';
Whereas Nebraska is the only triply landlocked State in the Union;
Whereas the first USS Omaha was a screw sloop launched in 1869, 2 years after 
        Nebraska became a State on March 1, 1867;
Whereas the second USS Omaha (CL-4) was an Omaha class light cruiser 
        commissioned on February 24, 1923;
Whereas the USS Omaha (CL-4) served in both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters 
        and captured a German blockade runner a month before World War II 
        officially began;
Whereas the Nebraska Admirals Association, formed in 1931, has had thousands of 
        Admirals commissioned in the Nebraska Navy to promote ``The Good Life'';
Whereas the Big Red Sub Club--

    (1) was formed to support the crews of the USS Nebraska (SSBN-739); and

    (2) is the most active State organization supporting the submarine 
fleet of the United States;

Whereas the Navy League of the United States, Nebraska Council, strongly 
        supports a strong United States Navy for national security;
Whereas on June 11, 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that an 
        Independence class littoral combat ship would be named the United States 
        Ship Omaha;
Whereas on November 20, 2015, the United States Navy launched the USS Omaha;
Whereas on December 19, 2015, the USS Omaha was christened in Mobile, Alabama, 
        sponsored by Omaha philanthropist Susie Buffett; and
Whereas on February 3, 2018, the USS Omaha will be commissioned: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the Senate commemorates--
            (1) the commissioning of the United States Ship Omaha (LCS-
        12); and
            (2) the mission of the USS Omaha as a networked, agile, 
        stealthy surface combatant capable of defeating antiaccess and 
        asymmetric threats in the littorals.
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