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USS Cooperstown Keel Laying

12/14/2018
A welder authenticates the keel of LCS 23, the future USS Cooperstown, by welding the initials...
Keel Authentication Ceremonies
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Keel Laying for USS Mobile

12/14/2018
(Flickr/Austal USA) Original article appears courtesy of NAVSEA The U.S. Navy held a keel laying and...
Keel Authentication Ceremonies
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USS Delaware Christened

12/09/2018
(Article originally appears courtesy of the Dover Post) Jill Biden, second lady of the U.S. 2009-17,...
Christenings
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Navy Christens USS Vermont (SSN 792)

12/09/2018
(Article appears courtesy of Naval Submarine Support Center, New London) 181020-N-LW591-159 Groton, Conn. (Oct. 20,...
Christenings
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USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) Christened

10/15/2018
Ship Sponsors Alicia J. Petersen (left) and D’Arcy Neller (right) christen DDG 121, the destroyer...
Christenings
180929-N-JE719-0738 PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (Sept. 29, 2018) USS Indiana's (SSN 789) chief of the boat, Senior Chief Charles Simonds; the submarine's sponsor, Diane Donald; and the commanding officer, Capt. Jesse Zimbauer, render honors during Indiana's commissioning ceremony. Indiana is the U.S. Navy’s 16th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine and the third ship named for the State of Indiana. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeffrey M. Richardson/Released)

USS Indiana (SSN 789) Commissioned in Port Canaveral, Florida

09/29/2018
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (Sept. 29, 2018) USS Indiana’s (SSN 789) chief of the boat, Senior...
Commissionings
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USS Kansas City (LCS 22) Christened

09/22/2018
Tracy Davidson christens USS Kansas City (LCS 20) (Photo by Austal USA) (Article originally appears...
Christenings
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Keel Authenticated for the Future USNS Puerto Rico

08/09/2018
Keel Laying Ceremony 8/9/18 (Austal USA) Original article appears courtesy of the Military Sealift Command A...
Keel Authentication Ceremonies
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Keel Laid for USS Oakland

07/20/2018
(Austal USA) Original article appears courtesy of Defpost Austal USA has laid the keel for the...
Keel Authentication Ceremonies
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USS Manchester (LCS 14) Commissioned

05/26/2018
PORTSMOUTH, NH (May 26, 2018)The crew of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Manchester (LCS...
Commissionings