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    2004 Legislature                         SB 220, 1st Engrossed



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  2         An act relating to official state designations;

  3         creating s. 15.0465, F.S.; designating the

  4         official state flagship; providing an effective

  5         date.

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  7         WHEREAS, the SS American Victory, which was built in

  8  1945 as part of the merchant fleet, played a major role in

  9  World War II in transporting troops, ammunition, and supplies

10  for the Allied Forces, and

11         WHEREAS, the SS American Victory continued her service

12  in rebuilding the postwar economy by transporting goods in

13  support of the Marshall Plan, and

14         WHEREAS, the SS American Victory continued her service

15  by supplying the forces of the United States and those of its

16  allies during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and

17         WHEREAS, the SS American Victory now serves as a museum

18  and memorial to the merchant marines, and

19         WHEREAS, the SS American Victory is fully operational

20  and capable of visiting ports of call, NOW, THEREFORE,

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22  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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24         Section 1.  Section 15.0465, Florida Statutes, is

25  created to read:

26         15.0465  Official state flagship.--The victory ship SS

27  American Victory, a victory class ship built in 1945 and

28  active in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War,

29  which now serves as the American Victory Mariner's Memorial

30  and Museum Ship located in Hillsborough County, is designated

31  as the official state flagship.


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