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March 23, 2006
THE COMNIISIONING COMNIITTEE
USS FARRAGUT (DDG 99)
~"" The Honorable Don Wolfson
Mayor of Atlantic Beach
800 Seminole Road
Atlantic Beach, Fl. 32233
AGENDA ITEM #8D
APRIL 10, 2006
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Dear r W olfson:
I have the honor o serving on the Commissioning Committee of the USS Farragut, a
newly built Destroyer that will be commissioned at Naval Station Mayport and then
continue to be home ported here. This will probably be the last ship to be commissioned
in our community and the ceremony is both impressive and a significant event.
While mostly a "Navy" show, thousands will be invited to attend the ceremony, and there
,~, are many aspects to the ceremony that the Navy cannot fund, hence we aze part of an
effort to help make it a memorable event.
,, We aze in process of raising funds of over $100,000 to welcome this magnificent warship
to our community. We have had several past Commissionings in the Mayport area and
each time the business community, private individuals, the members of the various Navy
~„ Leagues plus local governments have stepped up top the plate. We are respectfully
reques`ang that the beach cities join with Jacksonville in assisting with a token amount
towazds our effort, and towazds that end would ask that you request from the Atlantic
Beach Commission funds in the amount of $1,000. Corporate and personal donations to
date have amounted to about $70,000 towazds our goal and we need the help of all to
meet our goal.
With Warm Regards,
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SHIP'S SPONSOR
Honorable Susan M. Collins,
US Senate
~" CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
Captain Everett P. Pope,
USMC, Retired
Medal of Honor
GENERAL CHAIRMAN
VADM James f. Amerault,
USN, Retired
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Honorable John Peyton,
Mayor of Jacksonville
Honorable Ander Crenshaw,
US House of Representatives
~ Honorable Jeb Bush,
Governor of Florida
Honorable Bill Nelson,
tiS senate
Honorable Mel Martinez,
US Senate
AGENDA ITEM #SD
APRIL 10, 2006
THE COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE
USS FARRAGUT(DDG 99)
8 February, 2006
Honorable Don Wolfson
80Q Seminole Road
Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
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l am writing to announce a unique event upcoming in Jacksonville, Florida and to offer you an
opportunity to become an early participant in making this event the best ever of its kind!
On 1'0 June 2006, the'. U~riited States Navy will commission its newest, most modem and most
capable Guided Missile Destroyer, USS FARRAGUT (DDG 99), at Naval Station Mayport. The
event itself will draw 'many thousands of attendees, including very senior, high ranking Naval
Officers and Department of Defense civilian officials, politicians and corporate presidents and
CEOs. The ship's sponsor is Senator Susan M. Collins of Maine. But more important than the
weekend visitors are the nearly 400 Officers and enlisted men and women who will man and
operate the ship, and who, with their families will make Mayport and the Florida First Coast their
home while assigned to FARRAGUT. It is principally for these superb young people that the
Mayport Council of the Navy League of the United States, supported by other area Councils, is
seeking your assistance in sponsoring the Commissioning, itself a most stirring, patriotic and
pageantry-filled event, as welt as associated events for the ship's company and families.
The Commissioning Committee fully recognizes the severe impact the recent hurricanes have
had on our Nation as a whole and that resources are desperately needed to help alleviate the
financial needs of those who suffered: We as individuals, and the Navy League as an
organization, have also contributed to ~ help alleviate the suffering, while noting with pride the
extensive rote played by our Armed Forces team in responding to the crises. We are asking for
your support now in providing an ~ppcopra~e and memorable welcome to the newest member of
the Atlantic Fleet, USS FARRAG~JT, and her, crew.
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Thank you so very much for yqu~.s~.upport, and mosfi~.importantly, for your continued interest in our
Sea Services and the personn¢, I who make them :the world's finest!
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.Please make your check payable to NLUS Mayport Council USS Farragut Comm. and mail to
John Vargo, Team Farragut, 13744 Canfield Ct., Jacksonville, FL 32224, in the enclosed
envelope.