From TickerTech.com:Story at http://www.tickertech.com/cgi/?a=news&ticker=a&w=&story=200704200704250821PR_NEWS_USPR_____DCW018
Comment: For anyone who's curious, this shipyard used to be the Philidelphia Naval Shipyard.
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Traditional Coin Ceremony Part of Keel Laying in Yard's Dry Dock
PHILADELPHIA, April 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Work on the fourth tanker in Aker Philadelphia Shipyard's current build program reached a significant milestone yesterday with keel laying in the yard's Building Dock. The first section of the double-hulled product tanker scheduled for completion in 2008 was set in the dock adjacent to the third tanker in the series, also currently under construction.
As part of the ceremony, coins were placed under the keel block recreating a long-standing tradition whereby shipbuilders hide special coins in the keel section of a ship as a permanent symbol of good fortune and safe travels.
Comment: For anyone who's curious, this shipyard used to be the Philidelphia Naval Shipyard.