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  • India takes charge of former USS Trenton

    06/23/2007 6:01:56 PM PDT · by Extremely Extreme Extremist · 18 replies · 907+ views
    WCBSTV.COM ^ | 23 JUNE 2007 | AP
    TRENTON, N.J. (AP) The U.S. Navy ship bearing the name of New Jersey's capital city now goes by the Sanskrit word for ``hippopotamus.'' The USS Trenton officially became the INS Jalashwa of the Indian navy during a Friday ceremony at the Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va. It's the first time India has purchased a U.S. Navy ship, according to Ronen Sen, India's ambassador to the United States. A 570-foot-long Austin-class amphibious transport dock designed to land Marines, the former USS Trenton fills a need in the Indian navy for a large amphibious ship, Commodore P. Murugesan, the Indian Embassy's...