Construction of the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford got its official kickoff Saturday with a keel-laying ceremony at the shipyard where the $7 billion nuclear-powered ship is being assembled.
The 38th president's daughter, Susan Ford Bales, declared the keel "truly and fairly laid" at an authentication ceremony attended by congressmen, dignitaries and shipworkers at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding's shipyard.
Bales, the ship's sponsor, on Friday added her initials in chalk on a metal plate, which was welded to the 900-ton keel - the building block upon which the carrier will rise.
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