Section 47. Seaman First Class Raymond Kozik Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Raymond Kozik was born in 1925 in Cairnbrook, Somerset County.
(2) Seaman First Class Kozik served in the United States Navy on the USS Indianapolis, stationed in waters off the coast of Guam in the Philippine Sea.
(3) On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese Navy.
(4) Of the 1195 crew members aboard the USS Indianapolis, 300 were killed instantly, but Seaman First Class Kozik survived the initial blast, floating with only a Kapok life vest in a group of 175 survivors.
(5) Seaman First Class Kozik died on the fourth day after the attack, one day before rescue efforts saved the remaining 63 seamen.
(6) To date, the attack on the USS Indianapolis is the worst naval disaster at sea in United States history.
(7) Seaman First Class Kozik is memorialized on the Wall of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery in Manila, Philippines.
(8) For his valiant service, Seaman First Class Kozik was posthumously awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the Purple Heart.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 31544, carrying State Route 1016 over the Dark Shade Creek in Shade Township, Somerset County, is designated the Seaman First Class Raymond Kozik Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to traffic in both directions on the bridge.