Society of ship sponsors

2013-2014 Society of Sponsors Video

06/29/2014
This Video shows the twelve ship christenings and commissionings that occurred from May 2013 to...
Keel Authentication Ceremonies

2013-2014 Society of Sponsors Video

06/29/2014
This Video shows the twelve ship christenings and commissionings that occurred from May 2013 to...
Commissionings

2013-2014 Society of Sponsors Video

06/29/2014
This Video shows the twelve ship christenings and commissionings that occurred from May 2013 to...
Christenings
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Navy Christens future USS Zumwalt

04/12/2014
Mouzetta Zumwalt-Weathers Christens the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Zumwalt (DDG 1000) during a christening...
Christenings
140405-N-QC631-059 SAN DIEGO (April 5, 2014) Sailors man the rails during the commissioning ceremony of the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) at Naval Air Station North Island. Coronado is the second independence-class littoral combat ship and the third Navy ship to bear the name Coronado. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gerald Dudley Reynolds/Released)

USS Coronado Commissioned in Namesake City

04/05/2014
Sailors man the rails during the commissioning ceremony of the littoral combat ship USS Coronado...
Commissionings
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R/V Neil Armstrong Christened by Navy

03/29/2014
Carol Armstrong, ship’s sponsor for the Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) research vessel (R/V) Neil...
Christenings
140322-O-ZZ999-202 MOBILE, Ala. (March 22, 2014) Dr. Katherine Holmes Cochran, Ph.D., ship's sponsor for the littoral combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Jackson (LCS 6), breaks a bottle across Jackson's bow during a christening ceremony at Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala. (U.S, Navy photo courtesy of Austal U.S.A./Released)

SECNAV Delivers Keynote Address at Jackson Christening

03/22/2014
Dr. Katherine Holmes Cochran, breaks a bottle across Jackson’s bow during a christening ceremony at...
Christenings
140301-N-WL435-478 PHILADELPHIA (March 1, 2014) USS Somerset (LPD 25) ship's sponsor Mary Jo Myers thanks the crew, shipbuilders and families of love ones lost on United Airlines Flight 93 for their support throughout the construction of the amphibious transport dock before she gives the order to man the ship and bring her to life. The Somerset's namesake recognizes the heroic actions of the 40 passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001 who sacrificed their lives to thwart a terrorist attack bringing down their would be hijackers and plane in a field in Somerset County, Pa. saving countless innocent lives in the process. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

USS Somerset (LPD 24) Commissioned in Philadelphia

03/01/2014
USS Somerset ship’s sponsor Mary Jo Myers thanks the crew, shipbuilders and families of love...
Commissionings
131218-N-EW716-001 MARINETTE, Wis. (Dec. 18, 2013) The littoral combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Milwaukee (LCS 5) slides into Lake Michigan during a christening ceremony at the Marinette Marine Corporation shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin/Released)

Future USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) Christened and Launched

01/03/2014
The littoral combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Milwaukee (LCS 5) slides into the Menominee River during a...
Christenings
131109-N-WL435-911 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Nov. 9, 2013) Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald R. Ford and sponsor of the aircraft carrier that bears his name, breaks a bottle of champagne on the bow of the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at Newport News Shipbuilding during the christening ceremony for the Ford. The first in class, Ford-class aircraft carrier, is scheduled to join the fleet in 2016. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

USS Gerald A. Ford Christening Connects President to Navy Roots

11/16/2013
Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald R. Ford and sponsor of the aircraft...
Christenings