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LAUNCHED TODAY, RONALD REAGAN CARRIER WILL LAST 50 YEARS

NEWPORT NEWS, In a pompous ceremony, ruined by bad weather, has been launched the last U.S. carrier, for the first time named as a President still live. The name of the new carrier, about 1000 ft long and with a displacement of about 95.000 tonnes, is Ronald Reagan and godmother of the launch was the wife of the President, which today is 90 and is suffering of Alzhaimer disease. The warship will carry...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 9078
Rome, Italy, 03/05/2001 12:54
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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