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Senator Murkowski

At the Ketchikan Shipyard Thursday Aug. 24, 2006, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski gave the $44 million ship its ceremonial start to construction by signing the keel plate, a nod to shipbuilding tradition. The signed plate will be a permanent fixture on the ship. Murkowski is the ship's sponsor. The Senator donned a welder's hood and, with some help, traced a blue-hot flame over her signature in chalk. The words "Senator Lisa Murkowski Alaska" stood up in cursive, steel relief and drew applause and camera flashes from among the 130 onlooking guests in the machine shop. Murkowski was born in this town of Ketchikan. Calling the "guys in hard hats modern day heroes," she made sure to let the shipyard workers of the company, Alaska Ship & Drydock, know that they have become a part of Alaska's "radical new destiny."

"If Alaska is to ever overcome its past as a resource colony for the rest of the country it really is essential that we build this corps of highly skilled workers," Murkowski said. "And this shipyard is certainly showing the way in Southeast Alaska." 
Photos - Construction

keel-laying-009medCo-inventor Lew Madden said the steel will be precision laser cut. The parts of the ship will arrive numbered, much like a child’s toy model ready for assembly — “800 tons of steel with some assembly required.” It will be welded together using cutting-edge technology such as an automated welder and the weld positioner, a large device that rotates heavy steel modules 360 degrees.  


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Photos - Landing Site
Prot MacKenzie Dockport-maclookingTug jumps across Knik Arm to Mat-Su with Anchorage in the background.Fresh from a tugboat ride across Knik Arm, are Mat-Su Borough Transportation Division Manager Brad Sworts, Federal Transit Administration's Rick Krochalis, and Mat-Su Port Director Marc VanDongen.
 
Photos - People
MurkowskigloveThe late Mayor Curt MenardGoing over plans3assemblymembersmedPort Director Marc Van Dongen at Port MacKenzie Alan Coffin and Lew Madden discuss designRear Admiral Landay, CNR Shipyard Workers Open House Senator Lisa Murkowski and workersSenator Lisa MurkowskiRear Admiral Landay, CNRkeel-laying-092med Co-inventor Lew Madden and Mat-Su Borough Manager John Duffy at the keel laying event

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Photos - Terminal
Terminal Floor DetailPort MacKenzie Gateway to the Mat-Su BoroughTerminal Floor