Ship Naming and Launching

Ship Naming And Launching

The ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old.

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    “There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: the way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Proverbs, 30:18-19.

    From the oracle of Agur, son of Jakeh.

    “The night is itself sleep
    And what goes on in it, the naming of the wind,
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