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USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) Commissions in Namesake StateApril 1, 2023Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Santa […]
Christening of Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF), USNS CodyFebruary 25, 2023MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA christened its […]
Keel Laying commemorated for third ship in Gerald R. Ford-Class, the future USS Enterprise (CVN 80)August 27, 2022NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – With the words, “I hereby declare […]
Tag Archives: 2014
R/V Sally Ride (AGOR 28) Christened
ANACORTES, Wash. (Aug. 9, 2014) Dr. Tam O’Shaughnessy, ship’s sponsor for the auxiliary general oceanographic research (AGOR) vessel R/V Sally Ride (AGOR 28), breaks a bottle across the bow during a christening ceremony at the Dakota Creek Industries, Inc., shipyard … Continue reading
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2013-2014 Society of Sponsors Video
This Video shows the twelve ship christenings and commissionings that occurred from May 2013 to April 2014. The Society of Sponsors gratefully acknowledges and thanks our friends at the Naval Historical Foundation who produced the video for us.
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Navy Christens future USS Zumwalt
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USS Coronado Commissioned in Namesake City
By Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Donnie W. Ryan, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs More than 4,000 guests watched as the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) joined the Navy’s surface fleet during a commissioning … Continue reading
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R/V Neil Armstrong Christened by Navy
By Eric Beidel, Office of Naval Research Public Affairs Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder joined family members of the late Neil Armstrong March 29 to christen the Navy’s newest research ship, named for the legendary astronaut … Continue reading
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SECNAV Delivers Keynote Address at Jackson Christening
From Secretary of the Navy Public Affairs Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus delivered the keynote address at the christening ceremony of the future USS Jackson (LCS 6) March 22 at Austal in Mobile, Ala. Dr. Katherine Holmes Cochran, daughter … Continue reading
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USS Somerset (LPD 24) Commissioned in Philadelphia
By Mass Communication Specialist (SW/AW) Elena Pence, USS Somerset Public Affairs PHILADELPHIA (NNS) — USS Somerset (LPD 25), the Navy’s newest amphibious transport dock ship, commissioned during a formal ceremony at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, March 1. USS Somerset … Continue reading
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