| 1 | 1 | | Introduced Version |
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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 4 | 4 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the ongoing military |
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| 6 | 6 | | efforts of the USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) and its crew. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BRAY, GARTEN |
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| 8 | 8 | | , read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 9 | 9 | | 2024 RC 1508/DI SM Introduced |
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| 10 | 10 | | Second Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
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| 11 | 11 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 12 | 12 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the |
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| 14 | 14 | | 2 ongoing military efforts of the USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 3 its crew. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 4 Whereas, On April 18, 2018, the USS Indianapolis was |
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| 17 | 17 | | 5 launched as the tenth Freedom-class and seventeenth overall |
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| 18 | 18 | | 6 littoral combat ship (LCS) for the United States Navy, the |
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| 19 | 19 | | 7 fourth vessel named after the capital city of Indiana; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 8 Whereas, The USS Indianapolis was commissioned at |
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| 21 | 21 | | 9 Burns Harbor, Indiana, on October 26, 2019; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 10 Whereas, Homeported in Naval Station Mayport in |
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| 23 | 23 | | 11 Jacksonville, Florida, the USS Indianapolis began its inaugural |
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| 24 | 24 | | 12 deployment in May 2023; |
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| 25 | 25 | | 13 Whereas, As part of its deployment mission, the USS |
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| 26 | 26 | | 14 Indianapolis patrolled more than 11,000 nautical miles across |
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| 27 | 27 | | 15 the North Arabian and Red Seas, the Bab al-Mandeb and |
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| 28 | 28 | | 16 Hormuz Straits, and the Aden, Oman, and Persian Gulfs; |
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| 29 | 29 | | 17 Whereas, While supporting military efforts in the Strait of |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18 Hormuz, the USS Indianapolis interdicted an attempted |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 hijacking of Motor Vessel Royal Blue and subsequently |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 escorted the vessel to safety; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 Whereas, The crew manning the USS Indianapolis |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 participated in various exercises including Infinite Defender, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 Iron Defender, Ferocious Falcon Five, and Digital Talon 2.0; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 1 Whereas, While supporting exercise Digital Talon 2.0 in |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2 late November 2023, the USS Indianapolis was the first LCS to |
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| 39 | 39 | | 3 participate in a mesh network as a drone mothership, enabling |
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| 40 | 40 | | 4 control of multiple drone assets from one pane of glass and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 5 resulting in kinetic kills of a stationary surface target boat by |
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| 42 | 42 | | 6 airborne explosive drones fired from a surface drone; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 7 Whereas, It is an honor for Indiana and its capital to have |
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| 44 | 44 | | 8 the USS Indianapolis operate in the United States Navy to |
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| 45 | 45 | | 9 protect democracy at home and around the world: Therefore, |
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| 46 | 46 | | 10 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly |
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| 47 | 47 | | 11 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives |
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| 48 | 48 | | 12 concurring: |
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| 49 | 49 | | 13 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly |
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| 50 | 50 | | 14 recognizes the ongoing military efforts of the USS Indianapolis |
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| 51 | 51 | | 15 (LCS 17) and expresses gratitude for the actions of the deployed |
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| 52 | 52 | | 16 servicemembers aboard for their dedication and service to the |
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| 53 | 53 | | 17 United States of America. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 18 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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| 55 | 55 | | 19 to transmit copies of this Resolution to Raymond Shearer, |
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| 56 | 56 | | 20 Chairman of the USS Indianapolis Commissioning Committee. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2024 RC 1508/DI SM |
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