[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 137 (Monday, September 12, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    TRIBUTE HONORING THE COMMISSION OF THE USS MONTGOMERY NAVY SHIP

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                          HON. TERRI A. SEWELL

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 12, 2016

  Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
commission of the USS Montgomery into military service as a Navy ship. 
Alabama's capital city is honored to have another ship to bear its name 
in the U.S. Navy operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet.
  The city of Montgomery is proud to celebrate the second ship named 
for the state's capital. It is especially noteworthy to have a Navy 
presence in a predominately Air Force town, and I along with the city 
of Montgomery and the state of Alabama are honored to know that this 
U.S. Navy ship from Alabama will go all over the world.
  The USS Montgomery commissioning has been a six-year process which 
began in 2010, when it was proposed to Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange. 
The ship has since been referred to as one of the most technologically 
advanced warfare systems in the world.
  The USS Montgomery, an Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), 
will operate close to shore providing surface, undersea and mine 
warfare along with search and rescue missions, maritime surveillance 
and interdiction, intelligence, amphibious operations and disaster 
relief.
  The ship will support its sister ship, the USS Independence, and will 
operate in the U.S. 7th Fleet and will be under the command of Officer 
Daniel G. Straub.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in recognition of the commission of 
the USS Montgomery into military service as a Navy ship.

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