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![Read the US Navy's 1975 guide to christening ships](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/01/02/Christine.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Read the US Navy’s 1975 guide to christening ships
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JPat Brown
A copy of the US Navy’s 1975 guide to “Christening, Launching, and Commissioning” ships uncovered in the Central Intelligence Agency’s archives offers a fascinating history of the surprisingly rich tradition of ruining a perfectly good bottle of champagne.
![Confidential champagne memos expose CIA's East Coast-West Coast beef](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/05/16/ChampCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Confidential champagne memos expose CIA’s East Coast-West Coast beef
by
JPat Brown
The “friendly” rivalry between America’s East and West Coasts extends from hip-hop feuds to pizza bagels, and recently unearthed memos regarding California champagne from the CIA’s declassified archive shows that even the Agency isn’t immune.