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A local mom sat watching intensely for a possible
of a glimpse of her son. Miggie Carnahan was rewarded with a good
look at Preston working when the cameras went to the navigation
cabin of the ship and settled to interview the captain. Her son was
in the background at the control panel keeping the ship on course
during the interview with the captain.
Preston Carnahan holds the significant position of second mate on
the Pride of America, the first-ever American flagship. The number
of crew and order of naval rank is one captain, one first mate, two
second mates and 30-50 third mates.
As an American flagship, the ship can make consecutive stops at
American territories without exiting American waters between stops,
as other ships must do. The ship is commissioned with the Norwegian
Cruise Lines and tours the Hawaiian Islands.
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The ship features rooms and spaces named for famous American people
and places. [Click
here for details on the Pride of America.]
The 24-year-old Lincoln native Preston Carnahan was commissioned
as an officer following his graduation from the Merchant Marine
Academy in Kingsport, N.Y. In Lincoln he is remembered as the point
guard with Brian Cook on the Railsplitter team that went to state.
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