2013 Event The USS Gerald R. Ford is christened by the U.S. Navy; the aircraft carrier cost $15.5 billion and technically the most advanced ship ever built 1973 Event Biggest U.S. tanker "Brooklyn" christened (230,000 ton) 1959 Event 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden, New Jersey 1954 Event USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va 1954 Event Air Force One, 1st U.S. Presidential airplane, christened 1933 Event 1st genuine aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger 1860 Death Martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curaeao (christened slaves), dies at 63
