A Kennewick native is serving aboard one of the world’s largest warships, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Seaman Abbigail Beardsley, a 2017 South Ridge High School graduate, joined the Navy one year ago, saying she joined because she had the privilege and opportunity to do something where others might not. Noting that she "take(s) pride in that.”

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