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USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) sailors boarding.

Navy Commissions Littoral Combat Ship USS Milwaukee

01/11/2016
Sailors assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) man the ship...
Commissionings
Navy ship launching ceremony crowd.

USS Jackson Commissioned

01/11/2016
151205-N-AC887-003GULFPORT, Miss. (Dec 5 , 2015) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus delivers remarks...
Commissionings
Ship launching ceremony, champagne christening.

USNS Lewis B. Puller Christened at General Dynamics NASSCO

09/15/2015
Mrs. Martha Puller Downs, daughter of General Puller, christens USNS Lewis B. Puller. (General Dynamics) From General...
Christenings
Woman breaking champagne bottle at ceremony.

US Navy christens future USNS Trenton (JHSV 5)

02/01/2015
Ship sponsor Virginia A. Kamsky christens the USNS Trenton (JHSV 5) Saturday morning, Jan. 10,...
Christenings
Woman smashing champagne bottle at ceremony.

Navy Christens Littoral Combat Ship Montgomery

02/01/2015
Austal USA and the US Navy celebrated the christening of the future USS Montgomery (LCS...
Christenings
USS North Dakota submarine christening.

Submarine North Dakota Commissioned in Groton

10/26/2014
141025-N-WL435-378 GROTON, Conn. (Oct. 25, 2014) Sailors assigned to the Virginia-class attack submarine USS North...
Commissionings
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Navy Christens, Launches Future USS Detroit

10/18/2014
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus delivers remarks during the christening ceremony for the...
Christenings
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U.S. Navy Christens Future USS America (LHA 6)

10/11/2014
Tugboats guide the amphibious assault ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) America (LHA 6) to her berthing...
Christenings
Ship christening ceremony champagne splash.

Navy Christens Submarine John Warner

09/06/2014
Jeanne Warner christens the Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John Warner (SSN 785). (U.S....
Christenings
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R/V Sally Ride (AGOR 28) Christened

08/09/2014
ANACORTES, Wash. (Aug. 9, 2014) Dr. Tam O’Shaughnessy, ship’s sponsor for the auxiliary general oceanographic...
Christenings