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Mrs. Alan G. Kirk, Sponsor, Rear Admiral Thomas Withers, U.S. Navy, and Mrs. James D. Grant, Matron of Honor, at Launching of USS Toro (SS 422) at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Mrs. Alan G. Kirk, Sponsor for the USS Toro (SS 422), Launching at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Presentation of Navy Yard Employees Gift to the Sponsor Mrs. Alan G. Kirk by Mr. Robert J. McIntyre, Shop 06 at the Launching of the USS Toro (SS 422) at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Launching of the USS Toro (SS 422) at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Mrs. Mary Mathew, ship's sponsor, speaks during the commissioning ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS YORKTOWN (CG 48)

Mrs. John Glenn, ship's sponsor, is escorted by CAPT Alton K. Thompson, commanding officer (blue crew), during commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS OHIO (SSBN-726). The submarine was built by General Dynamics Corp

Representative Helen D. Bentley (D-Maryland), sponsor, speaks during the launching of the dock landing ship USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD 43) at the Lockheed shipyard

Mrs. James J. Heffernan, Rear Admiral Thomas Withers, and Miss Patricia Heffernan at the Launch of the USS Sarda

Jan Gray, sponsor and wife of General (GEN) Alfred M. Gray Jr., commandant of the Marine Corps, christens the dock landing ship USS COMSTOCK (LSD 45)

Mrs. Alan G. Kirk, Sponsor, and Mrs. James D. Grant, Matron of Honor, at the Launching of the USS Toro (SS 422), Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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Kathleen Brewerton Garn, sponsor, arrives at the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS SALT LAKE CITY (SSN 716). She is the wife of Senator Jake Garn, R-Utah

Major (MAJ) Alan K. Williams, commander, 1999th Communications Squadron, presents the squadron flag to Colonel (COL) Donald Hard, commander, Sunnyvale Satellite Control Facility, to pass on to Major (MAJ) Thomas L. Hickerson, new commander of the 1999th

Mrs. J. Denton, sponsor, breaks champagne across the bow of the guided missile cruiser MOBILE BAY (CG-53). Looking on are (L-R): Sen. J. Denton Jr., R-Als., Mr. J. St. Pe', president of Ingalls Shipbuilding; M. Denton, maid of honor; Mrs. M. McPhillips, matron of honor; Vice Adm. J. Metcalf III, deputy chief of Naval Operations, Surface Warfare; Rear Adm. W. Meyer, deputy commander, Combat Systems, Naval Sea Systems Command; and Commodore J. Shaw, program manager, Aegis Shipbuilding, Naval Sea Systems Command

VIPs pose for a photo during the launching ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS NEWPORT NEWS (SSN 750). They are, left to right: Senator Paul Trible, Republican-Virginia; Mrs. Paul Trible, sponsor; the Trible's daughter, matron of honor; two unidentified guests and Edward J. Campbell, president and chief executive officer, Newport News Shipbuilding Co

Cmdr. Micah D. Murphy, commanding officer of USS John

Josephine Kerr Zech, sponsor and wife of Vice Admiral Lando W. Zech Jr., prepares to christen the ocean surveillance ship USNS STALWART (T-AGOS 1). On the left is Captain Philip F. Carothers, supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, and Patricia L. Zech, maid of honor

Edward J. Campbell, Newport News Shipbuilding, addresses guests at the launching ceremony for the aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). Behind Campbell at the podium are, left to right, Barbara W. Lehman, wife of Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. and Ship's Sponsor; Lehman's daughter, Alexandra, Maid of Honor; and Mrs. William McMillan, Matron of Honor

Employees of the Portsmouth Navy yard Present a Gift to Sponsor Margaret Chase Smith

Connie and Sheri Stewart, Mrs. Elsie Ward with Mrs. Carter

VIPS listen to a speaker during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS SALT LAKE CITY (SSN 716). Front row, left to right, are Mayor Ted L. Wilson of Salt Lake City, Utah; Kathleen B. Garn, sponsor; and Captain Richard IItkin, Commanding Officer. Back row, far right, is Commodore Malcolm MacKinnon III, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair

Distinguished guests gather on the deck of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS ALABAMA (SSBN 731) at the conclusion of the ship's commissioning ceremony. Among the guests are Barbara Edwards Dickinson, sponsor, with a bouquet, and her husband, Republican William L. Dickinson, Rupublican-Alabama, with his hand on the rail

Following the formal christening ceremony of the Nimitz class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier John C. Stennis (CVN-74), the Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton poses for a photograph with Vice President of the Untied States Al Gore. To their left is ship's Matron of Honor, Mrs. Martha A. Stennis, Senator Stennis' daughter in law, and the ship's Sponsor, Mrs. Margaret Stennis Womble

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