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Marinette Marine Corporation, a sub- sidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. launched the ferry Spirit of America for

New York City's Department of Trans- portation (NYC DOT) on December 18.

This 310- ft. ferry is the third of three

Staten Island Ferries to be built as part of a $120-million contract that was awarded to Manitowoc in 2001. The ships are the largest ever launched at the Marinette

Marine facility. The launch featured Mar- garet Gordon, Executive Director of Safe- ty and Security for the Staten Island Fer- ries, performing the traditional christen- ing ceremony. "The Spirit of America will be the 27th ferry to serve the Staten

Island to New York route since municipal service began in 1905. We are proud to be part of this 100-year tradition, and we're proud of the work our Marinette shipyard did on these three cutting-edge ships," said Dennis McCloskey, president of

Manitowoc's Marine Group.

The ferry was named Spirit of America in remembrance of how America pulled together following the 9-11 tragedy. It was delivered to NYC DOT in New York in June 2005.

The first of the three Staten Island fer- ries built by Marinette Marine, the Guy V.

Molinari entered service earlier this year.

The second ferry, the John J. Marchi, sailed from the Marinette Marine ship- yard earlier in December 2004 .

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