lead ship
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The lead ship of the class, Clemenceau, was dismantled and recycled in the 2000s after a similarly contentious struggle with environmentalists.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
The class and lead ship, T-AO 205, is named in honor of Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat who died in July 2020.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
Stuart Baker, commander of the carrier strike group of which the Roosevelt is the lead ship.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2020
The discovery came just three days after the lead ship in the search party, RV Martin Bergmann, ran aground on a shoal in the poorly charted waters.
From Forbes ● Sep. 10, 2014
Then came a flash, a splash in the water close enough to the lead ship to wet her deck with spray.
From Key Out of Time by Andre Norton
