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Distinguished guests seated on the speakers platform during the commissioning of the guided missile frigate USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57), include, from left to right, Chaplain (LT) George Clifford; Captain (CAPT) Howard Venezia, commander, Surface Squadron One; Lois Haight Herrington, assistant attorney general of the United States; Secretary of Energy John S. Herrington; and Commander (CDR) John J. Kieley, prospective commanding officer

Distinguished guests seated on the speakers platform during the commissioning of the guided missile frigate USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57), include, from left to right, Secretary of Energy John S. Herrington; Commander (CDR) John J. Kieley, prospective commanding officer; Rear Admiral (RADM) (lower half) John J. Higginson, commander, Naval Surface Group, Long Beach, California; and RADM Donald P. Roane, deputy commander, Surface Combatants, Naval Sea Systems Command

Participants in the launching of the guided missile frigate USS FLATLEY (FFG 21) are, left to right: Captain (CAPT) C. L. Mull, S. Mull, G. Sullivan, John F. Sullivan Jr., President Bath Iron Works; N. Flatley, Dorothy Flatley, sponsor; Admiral (ADM) G. Anderson Jr., Rear Admiral (RADM) Robert Carius, Office of the CHIEF of Naval Operations and (RADM) Kleber Masterson Jr., Naval Sea Systems Command

VIPs at the launching ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS NORMANDY (CG 60) include: front row, left to right: Mrs. Perrotta, Rear Admiral Meyer, Mrs. Spearman, Mrs. Woodruff, Captain (CAPT) Woodruff, Honorable Eisenhower, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Geiger, Mrs. Svoboda, Reverend Svoboda, Vice Admiral (VADM) Rowden, Mrs. Buttner, Mr. Buttner, Mrs. Fitzgerald. Rear row, left to right: Mrs. Yates, CAPT Perrotta, CAPT Rehder, VADM Nyquist, CAPT Spearman, Mrs. Rehder, Mr. Haggett, Mrs. Haggett, Senator Mitchell, Rear Admiral Geiger, Rep. Brennan, Rear Admiral Greene Jr. and Mr. Fitzgerald

Officers and distinguished guests stand during the National Anthem at the commissioning ceremony for the guided missile destroyer USS ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG-51), one of the few ships named after a living person. From left: ADM L.A. Edney, CMDR. in chief, U.S. Atlantic Cmd./supreme allied CMDR., Atlantic; R. Perot, honorary Commissioning Fdn. Chmn; ADM D. E . Jeremiah, vice Chmn., Joint Chiefs of STAFF; H. L. Garrett III, secretary of the Navy; R.B. Cheney, secretary of defense and CMDR John G. Morgan Jr., commanding officer of the ARLEIGH BURKE

Participants in the commissioning ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS YORKTOWN (CG 48) stand with a plaque presented to the ship. From left to right is: John F. Lehman, Secretary of the Navy; Mary Mathews, sponsor; Captain (CAPT) Carl A. Anderson, commanding officer; Senator John W. Warner (R-Virginia) and Representative Herbert H. Bateman (R-Virginia)

Rear Adm. Laverne S. Severance Jr., commander, Naval Base, Seattle, addresses guests at the commissioning of the guided missile frigate USS CARR (FFG-52). Other dignitaries attending are, from the left: Commodore David F. Chandler, deputy commander, Naval Surface Force; John T. Gilbride Jr., Todd Seattle; Jack Yusen, "SAMUEL B. ROBERTS" Survivors Association; Sponsor Goldie Carr Bensilhe; Capt. J. F. Brennan, chaplain, Naval Base, Seattle; and Cmdr. R. J. Horne, commanding officer

Distinguished guests and crew members look over the commissioning cake for the dock landing ship USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD 43). They are, left to right, front row: Commander (CDR) George S. Rhodes, ship's commanding officer; MASTER CHIEF Boatswain's Mate Jesse J. Holloway, command master chief; top row, Chaplain (Captain (CAPT)) Jack D. Graham, CAPT Phillip F. Grasser, supervisor of shipbuilding, Seattle, Washington; Rear Admiral (RADM) Joseph P. Reason, commander, Naval Base, Seattle, Washington

Guests of honor bow their heads as CMDR. Charles E. Bourke, Chaplain Corps, gives the invocation during the commissioning ceremony for the guided missile frigate USS HAWES (FFG-53). Behind him are, left to right, Sen. George Mitchell (D-Maine), Commodore David Chandler, deputy commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and CMDR. Thomas F. Madden, ship's commanding officer

Distinguished guests attend the commissioning of the guided missile frigate USS VANDEGRIFT (FFG 48). From left to right they are: Commander Clinton (CDR) Clinton James Coneway, ship's commanding officer; Major General (MGEN) Earnest C. Cheatham Jr., commanding general, 1ST Marine Division; Rear Admiral L.S. Severance, commander, Naval Base Seattle; Captain Howard Venezia, commander, Surface Squadron One; John T. Gilbride Jr., general manager, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.; and Chaplain (CAPT) Joseph Brennan

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Base: Seattle

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An aerial stern view of the guided missile frigate DUNCAN (FFG 10) at 90 percent completion

A port bow view of the guided missile frigate USS ANTRIM (FFG 20) at 90 percent completion

[Assignment: 48-DPA-08-01-08_SOI_K_Marines] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., [the U.S. Marine Corp's oldest post and a National Historic Landmark] [48-DPA-08-01-08_SOI_K_Marines_IOD_1672.JPG]

Representatives of the General Dynamics Corp. ride on a trailer with a BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile during the "San Diego Salutes the Troops" parade. The parade is being held to honor all veterans, with special recognition being given to units that took part in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

A starboard beam view of the guided missile frigate USS ANTRIM (FFG 20) underway

The US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Fast Attack Submarine USS DALLAS (SSN 700) moves away from its pier at the Norfolk Naval Facility (NAVFAC), Virginia (VA) and prepares to head out to sea with the assistance of an ocean going tugboat, KERRY MORAN

Attending the launching of the USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) are (left to right): Commander (CDR) W. Cassedy, resident manager, dock landing ship program; CDR R. Matsushima, director of contracts; Captain (CAPT) W. McCann Jr., Naval Sea Systems Command; Rep H. Bentley, D-Maryland; Rear Admiral (RADM) L. Severance, commander, Naval Base, Seattle; Major General (MGEN) A.K. Lukeman, commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego; Rear Admiral (RDML) H.K. Fiske, Naval Sea Systems Command; Rear Admiral (RDML) J.J. Higginson, commanding officer, Amphibious Group Three

Auxiliary machinery room No.1 aboard the guided missile frigate RODNEY M. DAVIS (FFG 60) at 40 percent completion

Soviet Sailors perform a traditional Russian dance for the large crowd of American Sailors gathered on the decks of the Replenishment Oiler USS MILWAUKEE (AOR 2). Three Soviet ships are in Norfolk for a five-day goodwill visit. The Guided Missile Cruiser MARSHAL USTINOV (CG 088), the Guided Missile Destroyer OTLICHNYY (DDG 434) and the Replenishment Oiler GENRIKH GASANOV are the first Soviet naval vessels to visit an American military port

Left to right, Greg Cox, chief of maintenance section,

CAPT Alton K. Thompson, center, commanding officer (blue crew), gives ADM Hyman G. Rickover, left, deputy assistant secretary for naval reactors, Department of Energy, and Vice President George H. W. Bush a tour of the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS OHIO (SSBN-726) following the commissioning ceremony. The OHIO was built by General Dynamics Corp

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