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Guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye christened in Maine

08/04/2019
Irene Inouye, the wife of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, christens the Arleigh Burke-class guided...
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USS Oakland (LCS 24) Christened

08/04/2019
Kate Brandt christens the future USS Oakland on Saturday. Courtesy Austel USA (Article Appears Courtesy of NAVSEA) The...
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Austal USA Christens USNS Puerto Rico (EPF 11)

03/19/2019
Christening, 10 November 2018, of Puerto Rico (T-EPF-11) by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at Austal...
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181215-N-N0101-197 MARINETTE, Wisc. (Dec. 15, 2018) Ship's sponsor Barbara Taylor christens the future littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS-19) in Marinette, Wisconsin, Dec. 15, 2018. Once commissioned, LCS-19 will be the seventh ship to bear the name St. Louis. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin/Released)

USS St. Louis (LCS 19) Christened in Marinette

03/19/2019
MARINETTE, Wisc. (Dec. 15, 2018) Ship’s sponsor Barbara Taylor christens the future littoral combat ship...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Ship sponsor Jill Donnelly breaks a bottle of champagne across the bow during the christening ceremony for the nation’s 17th Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS INDIANAPOLIS, at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard on April 14. (PRNewsfoto/Lockheed Martin)

USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) Christened in Wisconsin

04/14/2018
Ship sponsor Jill Donnelly breaks a bottle of champagne across the bow during the christening...
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USS South Dakota (SSN 790) Christened

03/16/2018
USS South Dakota Sponsor Deanie Dempsey authenticates the keel of the nuclear submarine at a...
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