The future USS Carl M. Levin was christened Saturday by the Michigan senator's daughters, who simultaneously smashed bottles of sparkling wine against the warship's bow at Bath Iron Works.
Erica Levin, left, Kate Levin Markel, center, and Laura Levin, the daughters of late Sen. Carl M. Levin, D-Michigan, smash champagne bottles to christen a warship named for the senator, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The ship is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer.
Afterward, they waved from the ship's deck — about 30 feet above the assembly — as a band played “Anchors Aweigh.”“I can honestly say, amidst all the accolades he received in fifty years of public service, this one meant most to him, and it truly captures his devotion to our nation,” said the congressman, who was joined at the event by other family members, including Carl Levin's wife, Barbara, and Levin's older brother, former U.S. Rep. Sander Levin.
The current chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, called him a “fearless, selfless leader." Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who counted Levin as a “cherished friend,” called him a “model of integrity, intelligence and commitment.” While Levin died before Saturday’s milestone, he had visited the shipyard a couple of times to meet with shipbuilders.
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