Sunday, March 23, 2014

Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran's daughter christens Navy ship in Mobile


With one mighty motion, Katherine Holmes Cochran, the daughter of Mississippi's U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, christened the 419-foot Jackson (LCS 6) at Austal USA's Mobile shipyard.

"For the captain, officers and crew, I wish success on their journeys but always, always safe passage home," said Cochran, who is a University of Southern Mississippi professor.

Jackson is named for the capital city of Mississippi, which is also where Cochran was born.

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