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		<title>Slick: The Legacy of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf is reportedly considered the worse oil spill in history. The disaster killed 11 workers in the initial explosion and continued to dump 170 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over a period of 3 months before the flow of oil could be stopped. 1,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SSBN-743: USS Louisiana&#8217;s Silent Service to Our Country</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ICBM changed world history. Being able to launch missiles from submerged submarines re-wrote the texts on warfare. Nuclear powered submarines could remain underwater, almost invisible o the enemy and launch nuclear missiles at targets thousands of miles away. The East and West faced off underwater, on the alert, waiting for the dreaded command to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisiana2000.com/2011/11/02/ssbn-743-uss-louisianas-silent-service-to-our-country/</link>
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		<title>Iron Witness: USS Louisiana&#8217;s Brushes with History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Five ships have been named in honor of the State of Louisiana. All have born the name proudly with distinguished service records. The first USS Louisiana was a New Orleans built sloop of war that protected the State&#8217;s coast during the War of 1812. The city was protected by the ship&#8217;s cannons and when the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisiana2000.com/2011/10/18/iron-witness-uss-louisianas-brushes-with-history/</link>
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		<title>Nautical Trip to LA: Cities to Visit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If it&#8217;s nautical history you&#8217;re looking for, what better place than Louisiana to indulge? If you&#8217;re planning a visit to the big Lou you&#8217;ve got to use your http://get.wildblue.com/internet-provider/lou satellite to plan a trip and hit up one of these nautical cities in order to learn more about the past, present and future of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisiana2000.com/2011/09/21/nautical-trip-to-la-cities-to-visit/</link>
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		<title>USS Louisiana versus the Confederacy: Defender of Washington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Few warships served Union forces better than the USS Louisiana during the Civil War. From the time it was purchased by the United States Navy in July, 1861 and commissioned in August, 1861, the propeller-driven iron hull steamer became a thorn in the side of Confederate forces. The USS Louisiana was first used to used [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisiana2000.com/2011/04/26/uss-louisiana-versus-the-confederacy-defender-of-washington/</link>
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		<title>USS Louisiana: Vigilant Guardian of New Orleans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The nuclear-powered USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) is an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine designed for extended deterrence assignments. The vessel was built in 1992 in Connecticut, launched on July 27, 1996, and commissioned on September 6, 1997 at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia. Upon review of the United States nuclear policy in the 1990s, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisiana2000.com/2011/04/13/uss-louisiana-vigilant-guardian-of-new-orleans/</link>
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		<title>Louisiana at War: The Tales of Four Ships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been four warships that have served the United States while bearing the name of the state of Louisiana. The original USS Louisiana, launched in 1812 at New Orleans, helped save its home port from British invasion. Supporting General Andrew Jackson&#8217;s right flank from the Mississippi river, the original Louisiana bombarded Redcoats as they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisiana2000.com/2011/03/31/louisiana-at-war-the-tales-of-four-ships/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Give Up the Ship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve uttered those words yourself or wondered how they came to be included in our lexicon, this entry might be of interest to you. According to history, the dying words of Captain James Lawrence were said to be &#8220;Don&#8217;t give up the ship&#8221; while Captaining the frigate USS Chesapeake. After leaving port on June [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisiana2000.com/2010/12/19/dont-give-up-the-ship/</link>
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		<title>Why Ships Are Named After States</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered how ships get their names? Sometimes it seems like a random pattern, but other times not.A look at how and why US Navy ships received (and continue to receive) their names might answer some lingering questions.Through an act of Congress in 1819, the responsibility for assigning names to the Navy&#8217;s ships [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisiana2000.com/2010/10/15/why-ships-are-named-after-states/</link>
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		<title>The Fourth Ship Named LOUISIANA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unlike its predecessors, the fourth LOUISIANA is an Ohio-class submarine.The USS LOUISIANA (SSBN-743) was awarded construction in December 1990 and launched in July 1996 at the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay at Kings Bay, Georgia (which upped the complement of ballistic missile submarines to a total of 10 at Kings Bay).Significantly, the four stars on [...]]]></description>
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