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Fifth U.S. Navy Ship Honors Cherokee People

 

The United States Navy named a new rescue ship after the Cherokee Nation. Oklahoma Senator James Lankford and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Jim Inhofe, joined with citizen of the Cherokee Nation Markwayne Mullin and citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, Congressman Tom Cole, after Secretary of the Navy, Richard Spencer, announced the newest Towing, Salvage, and Rescue ship to be named 'Cherokee Nation' for the service and contributions of the Cherokee people to the Navy and Marine Corps.

 

This is the fifth U.S. ship named in honor of the Cherokee people.

 

Read the full report from Sen. Lankford's page here. 

 

 

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