,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ecc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #e1 
#bjah ,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for herself1 ,ms4 
,hassan1 ,mr4 ,jones1 and ,mr4 ,wicker7 
submitted the following resolution2     
which was considered and agreed to      
,,resolution  ,commemorating the        
commissioning of the ,,uss ,manchester4 
,whereas the ,state of ,new ,hampshire  
has a long and distinguished history of 
military service dating back to #afhj1  
when militia companies were formed in   
the ,state to protect the citizens of   
,new ,hampshire2 ,whereas ,new          
,hampshire sent #c regiments of         
minutemen to ,boston in the wake of the 
skirmishes at ,lexington and ,concord1  
and many of those minutemen went on to  
fight gallantly under the command of    
then ,colonel1 and future ,major        
,general1 ,john ,stark at the ,battle of
 ,bunker ,hill on ,june #ag1 #agge2     
,whereas ,portsmouth shipbuilder ,john  
,langdon1 who would later become a      

,united ,states ,senator1 oversaw the   
construction of some of the first       
vessels of the ,united ,states ,navy1   
including the sloop-of-war the ,,uss    
,ranger1 which was built and equipped   
for naval hero ,captain ,john ,paul     
,jones2 ,whereas the city of            
,manchester1 ,new ,hampshire 7commonly  
known as the ,queen ,city71 is-- 7#a7   
the largest city in northern ,new       
,england2  7#b7 an engine for the       
economy of ,new ,hampshire2 and  7#c7   
the namesake of the first industrialized
 city in the world1 ,manchester1        
,england2  ,whereas the first vessel of 
the ,united ,states ,navy to be named   
for the city of ,manchester1 ,new       
,hampshire1 was the ,,uss ,manchester   
7,,cl-#hc71 which--  7#a7 was a         
,cleveland class light cruiser          
commissioned on ,october #bi1 #aidf2    
7#b7 served with distinction in #c      
combat tours during the ,korean ,war2   
and  7#c7 received #i battle stars for  
her service2 ,whereas1 on ,april #af1   

#bjac1 ,secretary of the ,navy ,raymond 
,edwin ,mabus1 ,jr41 announced that an  
,independence class ,littoral ,combat   
,ship 7commonly known as an ,,lcs7 would
 be named the ,,uss ,manchester         
7referred to in this preamble as the    
,,uss ,manchester 7,,lcs-#ad772         
,whereas1 on ,june #bi1 #bjae1 there was
 a keel-laying ceremony for the ,,uss   
,manchester 7,,lcs-#ad7 in ,mobile1     
,alabama2 ,whereas1 on ,may #g1 #bjaf1  
the ,,uss ,manchester 7,,lcs-#ad7 was   
christened in ,mobile1 ,alabama1 and    
sponsored by ,united ,states ,senator   
,jeanne ,shaheen2 ,whereas1 on ,may #ab1
 #bjaf1 the ,united ,states ,navy       
launched the ,,uss ,manchester          
7,,lcs-#ad72 and ,whereas the ,,uss     
,manchester 7,,lcs-#ad7--  7#a7 will    
join the ,,uss ,new ,hampshire          
7,,ssn-#ggh7 fast attack submarine in   
the ,united ,states ,navy fleet2 and    
7#b7 will be commissioned in            
,portsmouth1 ,new ,hampshire1 on ,may   
#bf1 #bjah3 ,now1 therefore1 be it      

,that the ,senate commemorates the      
commissioning of the ,united ,states    
,ship ,manchester 7,,lcs-#ad71 the      
mission of which will be to act as a    
networked1 agile1 stealthy surface      
combatant capable of defeating          
anti-access and asymmetric threats in   
the littorals4