USS Little Rock: Navy’s new $440 million warship still stuck in ice in Canada - The Washington Post
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The USS Little Rock, which hasn’t moved much since late December..
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The commissioning of the USS Little Rock was held in Buffalo last month, on a day so cold that people’s breath billowed through the air as they spoke.
Partway through the ceremony, snow began falling — sideways — on the thousands of attendees.
It might have been a sign.
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Because of bad weather, the USS Little Rock’s departure from Buffalo had been pushed back after its Dec. 16 commissioning, and it was further delayed during a routine port visit in Montreal, she said.
“Significant weather conditions prevented the ship from departing Montreal earlier this month and icy conditions continue to intensify,” Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson said in a statement.
Lancé à Buffalo, sur le lac Érié, bloqué par les glaces sur le Saint-Laurent…