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Welder with American eagle helmet welds metal.

USS Cooperstown Keel Laying

A welder authenticates the keel of LCS 23, the future USS Cooperstown, by welding the initials...
Welders at Mobile LCS 26 keel laying.

Keel Laying for USS Mobile

(Flickr/Austal USA) Original article appears courtesy of NAVSEA The U.S. Navy held a keel laying and...
Ship launch ceremony with officials.

USS Delaware Christened

(Article originally appears courtesy of the Dover Post) Jill Biden, second lady of the U.S. 2009-17,...
Navy Christens PCU Vermont

Navy Christens USS Vermont (SSN 792)

(Article appears courtesy of Naval Submarine Support Center, New London) 181020-N-LW591-159 Groton, Conn. (Oct. 20,...
Ship christening: Frank E. Petersen Jr. DDG 121.

USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) Christened

Ship Sponsors Alicia J. Petersen (left) and D’Arcy Neller (right) christen DDG 121, the destroyer...
Navy officers at USS Indiana commissioning.

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

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (Sept. 29, 2018) USS Indiana’s (SSN 789) chief of the boat, Senior...
Ship christening, champagne splash.

USS Kansas City (LCS 22) Christened

Tracy Davidson christens USS Kansas City (LCS 20) (Photo by Austal USA) (Article originally appears...
Keel laying ceremony, Puerto Rico, EPF 11.

Keel Authenticated for the Future USNS Puerto Rico

Keel Laying Ceremony 8/9/18 (Austal USA) Original article appears courtesy of the Military Sealift Command A...
Welding gloves on a metal table.

Keel Laid for USS Oakland

(Austal USA) Original article appears courtesy of Defpost Austal USA has laid the keel for the...
USS Manchester (LCS 14) commissioning crew.

USS Manchester (LCS 14) Commissioned

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