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December 10, 2013

Sikeston native leads invocation for nation's newest aircraft carrier

By Scott Welton scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The nation's newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, will lead the U.S. Navy's next generation of supercarriers. And leading the invocation during the ship christening's opening ceremony Nov. 9 at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., was Sikeston native Capt. Jerome Hinson...

Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald R. Ford, right, cheers after christening the Navy's newest nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., Nov. 9. The Ford class represents the first new aircraft carrier design in more than 40 years. Standing behind Bales is Commanding officer of the ship, John F. Meier, left, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., second from left, and president of Newport News Shipbuilding, Matt Mulherin. (AP Photo)
Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald R. Ford, right, cheers after christening the Navy's newest nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., Nov. 9. The Ford class represents the first new aircraft carrier design in more than 40 years. Standing behind Bales is Commanding officer of the ship, John F. Meier, left, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., second from left, and president of Newport News Shipbuilding, Matt Mulherin. (AP Photo)

By Scott Welton

scottw@standard-democrat.com

SIKESTON -- The nation's newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, will lead the U.S. Navy's next generation of supercarriers.

This screen shot taken from a Youtube video shows Sikeston native Capt. Jerome Hinson leading the invocation during the christening ceremony for the USS Gerald R. Ford.
This screen shot taken from a Youtube video shows Sikeston native Capt. Jerome Hinson leading the invocation during the christening ceremony for the USS Gerald R. Ford.
This screen shot taken from a Youtube video shows Sikeston native Capt. Jerome Hinson leading the invocation during the christening ceremony for the USS Gerald R. Ford.
This screen shot taken from a Youtube video shows Sikeston native Capt. Jerome Hinson leading the invocation during the christening ceremony for the USS Gerald R. Ford.

And leading the invocation during the ship christening's opening ceremony Nov. 9 at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., was Sikeston native Capt. Jerome Hinson.

"Gerald Ford was one of his heroes and apparently he was asked by the Ford family to do the invocation," said Janet Hinson of Morehouse, Capt. Hinson's mother.

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