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Of three families in this town, this community, were fishing families. most of them are now gone. and we're really like a minority. used to be a fishing community with a homosexual problem. now it's a homosexual community with a fishing problem. >> the first portuguese fishermen arrived here in 1840. the main families created a community built around fishing, and this town lived off that industry well into the 20th century. it persisted even when i was here, keeping up the blessing of old catholic fishing traditions like the fleet. these days however, there are fewer and fewer boats to bless. ...

Defense is operating on a continuing resolution which means that they do not have a budget and while there is funding for basic programs, they're all freezing so there can be no new starts or anything else. so congress has not done their job. number two, the admirals back here in washington have a responsibility to man, train, and equip the fleet. the bottom line is every one of these admirals came from the fleet. they came back to washington after multiple tours now and it has literally been years that we have seen these problems building so what you're seeing is that as we begin to have read...

Give us more about what is happening in this ceremony. >> this is when the ship really rejoins the fleet officially. it's almost like when she first, her heart beats the first pulse, when you hoist the commissioning pennant and the american flag, that's when she joins the fleet. that's her birthday if you will. in terms of joining the united states navy. it's a very symbolic. it's very traditional. but in the navy every ship is considered to sort of have a soul and sort of almost has a personality on their own. and this is the day when she kind of gets to show that off. >> this is a living bod...

Industry well into the 20th century. it persisted even when i was here, keeping up the blessing of old catholic fishing traditions like the fleet. these days however, there are fewer and fewer boats to bless. >> my name's scott roe, i'm a commercial fishermen, sea scallops, fourth generation. it was cool back then, started when i was a. 70 and 80 boats here, five or six feet now, now it's just down to like seven or eight. now i'm proud of my heritage and i would never do anything else. this is my office, man, look at it. i'm going to do this until i can't move anymore. >> we were all on the to...

Life. where i'm from. this is who i am. but it used to be like two out of three families in this town, this community, were fishing families. most of them are now gone. and we're really like a minority. used to be a fishing community with a homosexual problem. now it's a homosexual community with a fishing problem. >> the first portuguese fishermen arrived here in 1840. the main families created a community built around fishing, and this town lived off that industry well into the 20th century. it persisted even when i was here, keeping up the blessing of old catholic fishing traditions like th...