1019 - Resolution - U.S.S. Puget SoundRESOLUTION NO.1019
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, PETITIONING
THE UNITED STATES SENATORS AND THE .MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON TO ASK THE NAVY DEPARTMENT TO NAME THE SHIP PRESENTLY UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IN THE PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD THE U.S.S. PUGET SOUND:'
WHEREAS, the AD 38 is presently under construction at the Puget Sound`
Naval shipyard, in Bremerton, `riashingtoa, which is at the present time unnamed;
and
WHEREAS, the said ship is being constructed in the only United States Naval
shipyard in Puget Sound; and
WHEREAS there is no Naval ship at the present time bearing the name PUGET
SOUND, while the Puget Sound Naval shipyard is one of the most efficient Naval
shipyards in the entire United States, and the Naval installations in Puget
Sound are among the largest, most expensive and most impressive in the United
States;
NOW, THIItE ME, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port
Orchard that the United States Senators and the members of Congress from the
State of Washington be, and they hereby are, petitioned to exercise their in-
fluence to the best of their ability with the Navy Department, and other appro-
priate persons, in order to have the AD 38 presently under construction in the
Puget Sound Naval shipyard named the "U.S.S. PUGET SOUND:°
Done this 15th day of March, 1965.
MAYOR