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Launch Day 2007
March 20, 2007
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Photos by John Lipscomb
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It's great to go back into the water after winter layup! We launched the “Fletcher” on March 19th into some remaining loose ice. Commissioning systems and swelling up the planking took a week.
Our first working day was the 26th on Newtown Creek.