Keel Authentication Ceremonies

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Keel Laid for First-in-Class USNS Navajo

03/10/2020
Gulf Island Shipyard held a keel laying ceremony on Oct. 30 for the future USNS Navajo (T-ATS...
Keel Authentication Ceremonies
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Huntington Ingalls Industries Authenticates Keel of Guided Missile Destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125)

03/10/2020
Ship’s Sponsors (left to right) Catherine B. Reynolds and Ruby Lucas trace their initials onto...
Keel Authentication Ceremonies
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USS Canberra Keel Laying

03/10/2020
Marise Payne, minister for foreign affairs in Australia, welds her initials into the keel of...
Keel Authentication Ceremonies
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USNS Cherokee Nation Keel Laying

02/12/2020
Tribal leaders from the Cherokee Nation, U.S. Navy officials from Program Executive Office Ships and...
Keel Authentication Ceremonies
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USS Basilone Keel Laying

01/10/2020
BATH, Maine (Jan. 10, 2020) Ship sponsor Ms. Ryan Manion welds her initials into a...
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USNS John Lewis Keel Laying

05/13/2019
Rep. John Lewis (D Ga.) addresses attendees at the keel laying for his namesake ship,...
Keel Authentication Ceremonies
190412-N-BR740-1054: Left, Shana McCool and Kate Oja, ship sponsors of the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29), speak about their grandfather during the keel authentication ceremony for the ship at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula shipyard April 12. Then a Navy captain, McCool received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in rescuing survivors from a sinking destroyer and for saving his own landing support ship during an enemy attack while injured. (U.S. Navy photo by Samantha Crane/Released)

USS Richard M. McCool Keel Laying

04/12/2019
190412-N-BR740-1054: Left, Shana McCool and Kate Oja, ship sponsors of the future USS Richard M....
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USS Marinette Keel Laying

03/27/2019
The US Navy held a keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future littoral combat...
Keel Authentication Ceremonies
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USS Bougainville Keel Laying

03/14/2019
Ship Sponsor Ellyn Dunford traces her initials before Ingalls Shipbuilding welder Cedric Harman welds them...
Keel Authentication Ceremonies
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Future Carl Levin Keel Laying Ceremony

02/01/2019
Retired U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., signed a steel plate at the keel laying for...
Keel Authentication Ceremonies