Bill Text: TX SR683 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the christening of the USS Kingsville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR683 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR683-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The United States Navy christened its newest | ||
Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS | ||
Kingsville (LCS 36), in Mobile, Alabama, on April 22, 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, The ship was named in honor of both the city of | ||
Kingsville and Naval Air Station Kingsville, highlighting the | ||
cooperative efforts of the two communities in behalf of the | ||
nation; its sponsor, Katherine Kline, performed the traditional | ||
breaking of a bottle of sparkling wine on the deck of the | ||
Kingsville at the Austal USA shipyard; she represents the sixth | ||
generation of the King Ranch family, descended from steamboat | ||
Captain Richard King, who founded the ranch in Kingsville in | ||
1853; nearly nine decades later, the Naval Air Station Kingsville | ||
was established, and it has enjoyed a special relationship with | ||
the ranch ever since; Ms. Kline's father, Dr. Richard Sugden, | ||
was a Navy flight surgeon who held the rank of lieutenant | ||
commander in the U.S. Navy; and | ||
WHEREAS, Armed with guns, missiles, and helicopters, the | ||
ship is 418 feet long and can reach speeds of over 40 knots; the | ||
18th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship belongs to a class | ||
of fast, optimally manned, mission-tailored surface combatants; | ||
they operate in near-shore and open-ocean environments to address | ||
21st-century coastal threats, and they integrate with joint, | ||
combined, manned, and unmanned teams to support forward presence, | ||
maritime security, sea control, and deterrence missions all over | ||
the world; like the other littoral ships of the trimaran variant, | ||
it will be stationed at Naval Base San Diego after its scheduled | ||
commissioning in the summer of 2024; and | ||
WHEREAS, The naming of this combat ship in honor of the | ||
city of Kingsville and Naval Air Station Kingsville is a | ||
reflection of the role these communities have played in our | ||
nation's security, and it is a source of great pride to area | ||
residents as well as to citizens throughout the great State of | ||
Texas; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby commemorate the christening of the future | ||
USS Kingsville (LCS 36). | ||
LaMantia | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 26, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |