The newest commissioned US Naval ship is the USS Missouri, a Virginia -Class nuclear submarine.
From the July 30th Marshall (Mo) Democrat-News "New USS Missouri to sail with a bit of Saline County aboard" by Eric Crump.
Two retired Navy men, Charlie Guthrie and Stanton Thompson will present a World War II shell casing filled with dirt from Thompson's farm in Saline County, Missouri, saying "We wanted the ship's roots to grow well."
The shell case has the date 1942 on it and is from the estate of James Gary Neff, a Marine who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. This is the first war the previous and famous battleship USS Missouri fought in.
The new Missouri was laid down September 2008, christened December 2009 and began sea trials in June 2010.
Great Luck and Fortune to This Newest Naval Ship. --Cooter
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