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NO 3347-OS-2006
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OP NAIVIING
A U.S. NAVY SHIP THE USS FORT WORTH
WHEREAS, Fort Worth was established as a frontier outpost in 1$49 on the banks of the Trinity
River by U S Army Mai Ripley Arnold, who named the installation m honor of his recently deceased
commanding officer Mai Gen. William Jenkins Worth, and
WHEREAS, when the U S Army left four years later residents living around the military fort
decided to stay and, over the decades, the outpost has grown into the City of Fort Worth, ranked one of
Americas `Most Livable Communities" and
WHEREAS, for 157 years, Fort Worth has maintained a strong bond with the U.S military
supporting and contributing to the protection of the American people and the defense of freedom, and
WHEREAS, during World War I, Fort Worth was home to Camp Bowie, a U.S Army
installation that trained thousands of young men for battle in Europe, while also hosting three training
airfields; and
WHEREAS, during World War II, Fart Worth s donation of land provided incentives for the
U.S. rlitary .to construct Carswell Air Force Base, resulting in a decision by a private aircraft
manufacturer to build a bomber plant near the air base that today still produces outstanding military
aircraft under the corporate banner ofLockheed-Martin Aeronautics, Inc. and
WHEREAS, Carswell Air Force Base was transformed m the 1990s into a Naval Air
Station/Joint Reserve Base (NAS/JRB) that today is one of the military's premier facilities and home to
all branches of the military and
WHEREAS, Lockheed Martin as well as Bell Helicopter Textron, plus many other local
companies, snake up Fort Worth s defense industry sector renowned for manufacturing the best military
equipment in the world for American s women and men in uniform, and
WHEREAS, not only have thousands upon thousands of women and men from Fort Worth
served, or axe serving, in the U S military but Fort Worth citizens historically have been strong
supporters of the armed forces as evidenced by the united community efforts on behalf of NAS/JRB Fort
Worth during various Base Realignment and Closure (BRACs) rounds, and
Resolution No. 3347-OS-2006
WHEREAS, Fort Worth Congresswoman Kay Granger has wraitten a letter to U.S Secretary of Navy
Donald C Winter aslcmg that a fixture hull -- possibly Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Hu114 5 or a later
numbered hull in the new LCS class of U.S Navy ships - be named the USS Fort Worth in honor of
Fort Worth and its long and proud association with the U.S military and
WHEREAS, while 34 American cities, including six in Texas, have active duty ships named for
their communities, Fort Worth has never had such an honor despite its long military history and
WHEREAS, Secretary of Navy Donald C Winter who has the exclusive privilege of selecting
names for U.S Navy ships, would maintain the Navy tradition of selecting names that reflect a place, an
event or an individual with character spirit and service by naming a ship the USS Fart Warth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
1 That the City of Fort Worth supports Congresswoman Kay Granger's request to U.S
Secretary of Navy Donald C. Winter to Warne a future LCS the USS Fort Worth to honor Fort Worth s
long and proud association with the U.S military and the City of Fort Worth asks the Secretary of Navy
to expeditiously name a LCS the USS Fort Worth and
2. That the City of Fort Worth sincerely believes that the USS Fort Worth name meets the U.S
Navy Secretary's test that a ship name reflect a city with character spirit and service; and
3 That the City of Fort Worth urges each and every citizen, student, organization, business and
its friends and neighbors to support the campaign to name a U.S Navy ship the USS Fort Worth, and
4 That a copy of this resolution be provided to Secretary of Navy Donald C. Winter and to the
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael G Mullen to advise them of the City of Fort Worth s fervent
desire that a U S Navy ship be named the USS Fort Worth.
ADOPTED THIS 16th DAy OF May 200b
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MAY 1 6 2006
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,~/1 1Vlart Hendrix, City Secreta>y
b C-ty Secretary of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas
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