12/12/1974
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"Wherever the United States Ship Nimitz shows her flag, she will be seen as a solid symbol of United States strength, United States resolve."
"It has your weight wrong, too."
"The Nimitz is now a United States Ship."
"Let me simply conclude by offering again my personal congratulations to all of these highly trained, completely dedicated men who have added another page of history in the area of aviation for the ben..."