Society of sponsors

US aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Commissioned

07/22/2017
NORFOLK (July 22, 2017) Sailors man the rails of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R....
Commissionings
USS Zumwalt commissioning ceremony.

USS John Finn (DDG 113) Commissioning

07/15/2017
PEARL HARBOR (July 15, 2017) The crew of the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer,...
Commissionings
Ship christening ceremony with champagne.

USS Billings Christening

07/01/2017
170701-N-N0101-021MARINETTE, Wisc. (July 1, 2017) LCS-15’s sponsor Sharla Tester, the wife of Montana Sen. Jon...
Christenings
Woman smashing champagne bottle at ceremony.

Austal Celebrates Christening Of Manchester (LCS 14)

09/28/2016
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen christens the USS Manchester (LCS 14) at Austal’s Mobile, AL facility....
Christenings
Ship christening, March 21, 2015.

USS John P. Murtha Christened

01/11/2016
Joyce Murtha, widow of the late Democratic U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, left,...
Christenings
USS John Finn christening ceremony.

USS John Finn (DDG 113) Christened at Ingalls Shipyard

01/11/2016
150502-N-OT964-276 PASCAGOULA, Miss. (May 2, 2015) Ship sponsor Laura Stavridis ceremoniously breaks a bottle of...
Christenings
Champagne christening of a new vessel.

Rosa Peralta Christenings USS Rafael Peralta at Maine Shipyard

01/11/2016
Rosa Peralta smashes a bottle of Champagne to christen the USS Raphael Peralta, the 35th...
Christenings
Woman christens submarine with champagne.

First Lady Michelle Obama Christens USS Illinois

01/11/2016
First Lady Michelle Obama breaks a bottle of champagne on the sail of the PCU-Illinois...
Christenings
USS Omaha christening, confetti, LCS 12.

Susie Buffett Christen USS Omaha

01/11/2016
MOBILE, Ala. (Dec. 19, 2015) Susan A. Buffett, ship’s sponsor for the littoral combat ship...
Christenings
Navy submarine commissioning ceremony.

USS John Warner (SSN 785) Commissioned in Norfolk

01/11/2016
USS John Warner is “brought to life” by the ship sponsor during a commissioning ceremony...
Commissionings