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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Speaking of commissioning ships/subs, here's an interesting although only somewhat related piece of Navy trivia:
Crew members can have their children baptized by a chaplain aboard their ship. The first child to be baptized on a ship has his or her name engraved in the ship's bell and the last child baptized on a ship before her decommissioning also has his or her name engraved in the ship's bell and gets to keep the bell as well.
A friend/classmate of Mr. KR had his daughter baptized on a destroyer (darned if I can remember which one!) and her name is engraved in the bell there.
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That's some pretty interesting trivia!! My mother's family is working on their fourth generation at Annapolis.
Her elder cousin was in submarine training in San Diego with Jimmy Carter; they had apartments next door to each other.