MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The Navy will christen a ship made in Alabama on Saturday, naming it after Australia’s capital city. The littoral combat ship will be the second ship named the USS Canberra, according to a Navy news release sent Friday. Australian Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos will give the main speech and his wife, Elizabeth Anne Sinodinos, will break a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow. Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marise Payne is the ship’s sponsor but cannot attend, the Navy said. The first USS Canberra, built in 1941, was the first Navy cruiser named after a foreign capital.

Source: thestar June 04, 2021 20:09 UTC