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THE U.S. NAVY AT WORK

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by Lt. j.g. Carl Zeilman, Navy Office of Commu-
nity Outreach

BOSTON - A 2011 Miami East High School graduate
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the 216-year-old Boston-based ship named by Presi-
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three-masted heavy frigate that originally launched
in 1797 as one of six original frigates authorized for
construction by the Naval Armament Act of 1794.

Kinney, 21, said she is honored to have been selected
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