A Measure of Respect
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Mark of Respect
1 LT Johnathan Rozier was a member of the 1st Armored Divsion, killed in
action in Operation Iraqi Freedom in July of 2003. His grandmother had been
a long time employee of Tidewater Marine. Tidewater Marine is a
manufacturer and operator of off shore oil supply and service vessels.
Traditionally, Tidewater names their vessels its retired employees with the
person's first name and Tide as the second name, such as Robert Tide or
Susan Tide.
Tidewater Marine decided to honor the grandson of their long time employee
by naming their newest vessle for him. This is and will be the only boat in
Tidewater's inventory that was named with the full name of the person being
honored. It is quite a machine and will be used worldwide, not just of the
Gulf Coast.
The vessel was christened the MV Jonathan Rozier in Amelia, LA on February
1st by his wife Jessica Rozier. The Johnathan Rozier is, at $11 million and
207' in length, the costliest, largest and the first of four of this
particular type of oil rig supply boats of which Tidewater is taking
delivery. They have 550 boats now, the rest vary from really small to just
smaller by quite a bit than this one.
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