[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 533 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 533

         Commemorating the commissioning of the USS Manchester.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 2018

   Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Wicker) 
 submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
         Commemorating the commissioning of the USS Manchester.

Whereas the State of New Hampshire has a long and distinguished history of 
        military service dating back to 1680, when militia companies were formed 
        in the State to protect the citizens of New Hampshire;
Whereas New Hampshire sent 3 regiments of minutemen to Boston in the wake of the 
        skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, and many of those minutemen went on 
        to fight gallantly under the command of then Colonel, and future Major 
        General, John Stark at the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775;
Whereas Portsmouth shipbuilder John Langdon, who would later become a United 
        States Senator, oversaw the construction of some of the first vessels of 
        the United States Navy, including the sloop-of-war the USS Ranger, which 
        was built and equipped for naval hero Captain John Paul Jones;
Whereas the city of Manchester, New Hampshire (commonly known as the ``Queen 
        City''), is--

    (1) the largest city in northern New England;

    (2) an engine for the economy of New Hampshire; and

    (3) the namesake of the first industrialized city in the world, 
Manchester, England;

Whereas the first vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the city of 
        Manchester, New Hampshire, was the USS Manchester (CL-83), which--

    (1) was a Cleveland class light cruiser commissioned on October 29, 
1946;

    (2) served with distinction in 3 combat tours during the Korean War; 
and

    (3) received 9 battle stars for her service;

Whereas, on April 16, 2013, Secretary of the Navy Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr., 
        announced that an Independence class Littoral Combat Ship (commonly 
        known as an ``LCS'') would be named the ``USS Manchester'' (referred to 
        in this preamble as the ``USS Manchester (LCS-14)'');
Whereas, on June 29, 2015, there was a keel-laying ceremony for the USS 
        Manchester (LCS-14) in Mobile, Alabama;
Whereas, on May 7, 2016, the USS Manchester (LCS-14) was christened in Mobile, 
        Alabama, and sponsored by United States Senator Jeanne Shaheen;
Whereas, on May 12, 2016, the United States Navy launched the USS Manchester 
        (LCS-14); and
Whereas the USS Manchester (LCS-14)--

    (1) will join the USS New Hampshire (SSN-778) fast attack submarine in 
the United States Navy fleet; and

    (2) will be commissioned in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on May 26, 2018: 
Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved, That the Senate commemorates the commissioning of the 
United States Ship Manchester (LCS-14), the mission of which will be to 
act as a networked, agile, stealthy surface combatant capable of 
defeating anti-access and asymmetric threats in the littorals.
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