{"id":540,"date":"2014-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steamboatnatchez.com\/news\/uss-somerset-navy-warship-departs-new-orleans\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T18:58:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T18:58:17","slug":"uss-somerset-navy-warship-departs-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steamboatnatchez.com\/news\/uss-somerset-navy-warship-departs-new-orleans.html","title":{"rendered":"USS Somerset – Navy Warship Departs New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"
The USS Somerset \u2013 the last Navy warship built at the local Avondale Shipyard, departed this morning for its commission ceremony in Philadelphia, passing the Steamboat NATCHEZ dock.\u00a0 It is the last of three ships made of commemorative items from the 9-11 attack on the United States.\u00a0 Somerset is the name of the county where United Flight 93 crashed. \u00a0A \u201cLine the Levees\u201d tribute, drawing thousands of people along the river was organized by Charlotte Binnings to send off the ship and her sailors.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The USS Somerset \u2013 the last Navy warship built at the local Avondale Shipyard, departed this morning for its commission ceremony in Philadelphia, passing the Steamboat NATCHEZ dock.\u00a0 It is the last of three ships made of commemorative items from the 9-11 attack on the United States.\u00a0 Somerset is the name of the county where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n