Christenings and Commissioning

Ship christening, champagne splash.

USS Kansas City (LCS 22) Christened

Tracy Davidson christens USS Kansas City (LCS 20) (Photo by Austal USA) (Article originally appears...
Navy officers at USS Indiana commissioning.

USS Indiana (SSN 789) Commissioned in Port Canaveral, Florida

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (Sept. 29, 2018) USS Indiana’s (SSN 789) chief of the boat, Senior...
Ship christening: Frank E. Petersen Jr. DDG 121.

USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) Christened

Ship Sponsors Alicia J. Petersen (left) and D’Arcy Neller (right) christen DDG 121, the destroyer...
Navy Christens PCU Vermont

Navy Christens USS Vermont (SSN 792)

(Article appears courtesy of Naval Submarine Support Center, New London) 181020-N-LW591-159 Groton, Conn. (Oct. 20,...
Ship launch ceremony with officials.

USS Delaware Christened

(Article originally appears courtesy of the Dover Post) Jill Biden, second lady of the U.S. 2009-17,...
Welders at Mobile LCS 26 keel laying.

Keel Laying for USS Mobile

(Flickr/Austal USA) Original article appears courtesy of NAVSEA The U.S. Navy held a keel laying and...
Welder with American eagle helmet welds metal.

USS Cooperstown Keel Laying

A welder authenticates the keel of LCS 23, the future USS Cooperstown, by welding the initials...
Keel laying ceremony attendees.

Keel Laying for USNS Newport

(Twitter/Austal USA) Original article appears courtesy of UPI The U.S. Navy laid the keel for its...
USS Carl Levin DDG 120 plaque.

Future Carl Levin Keel Laying Ceremony

Retired U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., signed a steel plate at the keel laying for...
Keel authentication Bougainville LHA 8, March 14, 2019

USS Bougainville Keel Laying

Ship Sponsor Ellyn Dunford traces her initials before Ingalls Shipbuilding welder Cedric Harman welds them...