Navy Seabees Build VP Kamala Harris a Desk Out of Wood from USS Constitution

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whow. lovely. lovely

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Navy Seabees Build VP Kamala Harris a Desk Out of Wood from USS Constitution

VP Kamala Harris inspects desk from USS Constitution

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/04/05/navy-seabees-build-vp-kamala-harris-desk-out-of-wood-uss-constitution.html



Vice President Kamala Harris conducts business at the USS Constitution desk. (Lawrence Jackson/Official White House photo)
5 Apr 2021



Military.com | By Gina Harkins

The vice president and Navy secretary now have new desks built out of materials from some of the most storied ships in U.S. history.

Navy Seabees built a desk for Vice President Kamala Harris made from wood, copper and nails taken off the USS Constitution, one of the country's first frigates. The Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.


The desk, which was delivered to Harris in February, features carvings of an eagle and stars reminiscent of the Constitution's stern decorations, said Paul Taylor, a spokesman for Naval History and Heritage Command, which oversaw the project. The project was approved while President Donald Trump was still in office, and Seabees began construction Jan. 4.



Harris' new workspace is one of two "heritage desks" Seabees constructed this year. Sailors also built a desk for the Navy secretary that not only includes materials from the Constitution, but from the frigate Chesapeake; battleships Texas, New Jersey and Arizona; and sloop of war Constellation as well.


That project began under former Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite, who had the idea for the desk. It was completed after he left the position, so the desk was received by acting Navy Secretary Thomas Harker. Braithwaite was able to see the completed desk before it went to the Pentagon during a visit to the Washington Navy Yard, where it was constructed, according to the Heritage Command. ...................................

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I'll bet she's thrilled with her gorgeous new desk!

So full of historic moments! And, I'm sure, very practical for her work.

Congrats, Vice President Kamala Harris!

[wryter2000]

2. Awesome

But doesn’t the ship need the wood ?

[AleksS]

6. Article notes it's wood removed during a restoration:

“ The wood from the Constitution was removed during two restorations that ran between 2007 and 2017, Taylor said. A drawer on the Navy secretary's desk features pen trays with a piece of the Arizona, which sank in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

The steel remnants from the Arizona were donated to the Navy through Chief Fire Controlman Lauren F. Bruner, the second-to-last sailor to leave the Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941, and the last survivor to return to the ship on Dec. 7, 2019, Taylor said.”

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5. That is cool

[MarineCombatEngineer]

7. I worked with the SeaBees numerous times during my career in the Marines,

their motto "Can Do" is well earned, as evidenced by the beautiful desk they built for VP Harris.