Digital Photos - October 18, 1999 - Day 37 |
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Governor
Christie Whitman speaks to USS
New Jersey
veterans and supporters Sunday
about the historic
value of the ship, the
Panama Canal and the future
of her
symbolic role.
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Governor
Christie Whitman and U.S. Senator
Frank
Lautenberg listen as U.S. Secretary
of the Army
and Chairman of the Panama
Canal Commission Louis
Caldera address
a news conference Sunday afternoon.
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Governor
Christie Whitman gives everyone
ashore at
Miraflores her own salute at a
job well done Balboa
to Miraflores Locks.
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New
Jerseyans cast their vote for USS
New Jersey's
homecoming, as they
watch the ship arrive at the
Miraflores
Locks Observation Tower.
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The
USS New Jersey is pulled by electric locomotives through the Miraflores locks at the
Panama Canal Monday. It will take two more days for the Battleship to complete the
journey through the waterway. The New Jersey is expected to arrive in Philadelphia
on Nov. 7. (Chris LaChall / Courier-Post)
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Governor
Christie Whitman, on Sea Victory's forward deck, thanks Captain Kaare Ogaard for bringing
the "Big J" homeward, with Crowley's President Thomas Crowley joining them.
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Vince Falso, President of the Battleship New Jersey Historical Museum Society, shows how true
veteran Jerseyman know how to take advantage of BB-62's comforts.
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News
photographers and reporters stretch over New Jersey's
rails to catch every second of her
passage through Miraflores locks this morning.
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The
USS New Jersey approaches Miraflores Locks this morning
on a perfect day in a perfect
historical setting with all on
board in perfect spirits.
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A
Panama Canal Commission tow engineer gives New Jersey's passengers a thumbs-up salute to a
job going very well this morning at Miraflores locks.
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A
Canal operator watches closely as USS New Jersey scrapes
the sides of the Miraflores locks
this morning in what has
become customary
through her 10 Canal transits.
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Governor
Christie Whitman displays her Canal
Pilot's cap, an honor the Panamanians offered
after she gave her BB-62
cap to a tow engineer earlier at Miraflores.
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Governor
Christie Whitman was every camera's
star attraction
on board the battleship New
Jersey today as she approached
the first locks of
the Panama Canal.
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