Number
000794
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. BOHL
Title
Resolution in support of the relocation and permanent siting of the USS Des Moines in the City of Milwaukee.
Analysis
This resolution expresses the Common Council's support for the relocation and permanent siting of the USS Des Moines (CA-134) in the City of Milwaukee. The USS Des Moines, the keel for which was laid in May 1945, was the last of the United States Navy's gun cruisers and is currently at the shipyards in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Body
Whereas, The USS Des Moines (CA-134), the keel for which was laid in May 1945, was the last of the United States Navy's gun cruisers; and
Whereas, The ship, although it never saw service in World War II, served as the flagship of the Navy's Sixth Fleet in the North Atlantic, Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas; and
Whereas, During her time of service the ship was host to dignitaries including President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Queen Elizabeth of England, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Albert of Belgium and King Paul and Queen Fredrika of Greece; and
Whereas, The 21,000 ton, 716-foot-long vessel serves as a living testament to the men and women who fought at sea for freedom both during and after the Second World War; and
Whereas, The Greater Milwaukee area has a long tradition of contributing to the seapower of the United States of America; and
Whereas, The United States Navy is deliberating the fate of the USS Des Moines, currently in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and
Whereas, Local residents, notably the Milwaukee Historic Naval Ships Association, have organized an initiative to find the USS Des Moines a permanent home in the City of Milwaukee and to use it as a living history museum – featuring the only large warship docked between the east and west coasts; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee that the Common Council wholeheartedly endorses the proposal to bring the USS De...
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