Christenings and Commissioning

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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

Dr. Katherine Holmes Cochran, breaks a bottle across Jackson’s bow during a christening ceremony at...
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R/V Neil Armstrong Christened by Navy

Carol Armstrong, ship’s sponsor for the Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) research vessel (R/V) Neil...
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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

Sailors man the rails during the commissioning ceremony of the littoral combat ship USS Coronado...
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Navy Christens future USS Zumwalt

Mouzetta Zumwalt-Weathers Christens the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Zumwalt (DDG 1000) during a christening...

2013-2014 Society of Sponsors Video

This Video shows the twelve ship christenings and commissionings that occurred from May 2013 to...

2013-2014 Society of Sponsors Video

This Video shows the twelve ship christenings and commissionings that occurred from May 2013 to...

2013-2014 Society of Sponsors Video

This Video shows the twelve ship christenings and commissionings that occurred from May 2013 to...
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R/V Sally Ride (AGOR 28) Christened

ANACORTES, Wash. (Aug. 9, 2014) Dr. Tam O’Shaughnessy, ship’s sponsor for the auxiliary general oceanographic...
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Navy Christens Submarine John Warner

Jeanne Warner christens the Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John Warner (SSN 785). (U.S....
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U.S. Navy Christens Future USS America (LHA 6)

Tugboats guide the amphibious assault ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) America (LHA 6) to her berthing...