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12/12/09
AVONDALE, La. (AP) — A ceremony steeped in shipbuilding tradition kicked off major construction Friday on a U.S. Navy assault vessel named in honor of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. 
Cheryl Gerber — Associated Press
U.S. Navy Chaplain Greg McClellan, left, Capt. Bill Galinis and Col. Lionel Rotelli stand in front of the bow stem during the keel authentication ceremony for the amphibious transport dock ship Somerset at the Northrop Grumman Corp. shipyard in Avondale, La., Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Somerset is named in honor of the heroes lost on Sept. 11, 2001 on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Somerset, Pa. Find Us On Facebook
It is the second of three new Navy ships named for the sites of the Sept. 11 attacks. The USS New York entered service last month and the Arlington, memorializing the strike on the Pentagon, is under construction.
At the Northrop Grumman Corp. shipyard near New Orleans, the keel of the Somerset — named for the Pennsylvania county where Flight 93 went down, killing all 40 passengers and...
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