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VADM Earl B. Fowler Jr., commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, speaks at the launching of the guided missile patrol combatant (hydrofoil) ARIES (PHM-5). To Fowler's right is Boeing Marine Systems Vice President Robert E. Bateman, whose company built the ARIES

Boeing Marine Systems Vice President R. A. Bateman watches as Sponsor Mrs. John D. Bulkeley, wife of RDML John D. Bulkeley, breaks the champagne bottle on the ship's forward hydrofoil to launch the guided missile patrol combatant (hydrofoil) AQUILA (PHM-4). The AQUILA was built by Boeing Marine Systems

Mrs. Gail Berry West, Sponsor of the Military Sealift Command (MCS) Bob Hope class vehicle transport ship USNS WATSON (T-AKR-310), is seen breaking the traditional bottle of champagne to officially launch the vessel. In attendance is her husband, Secretary of the Army Togo D. West Jr.; her daughter, Ms. Hilary West, Maid of Honor and Richard A. Vortmann, NASSCO President

Admiral (ADM) James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations, kisses his wife Sheila McKinney Watkins, sponsor, after she breaks the traditional bottle of champagne over the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS GEORGIA (SSBN 729) during the launching ceremony. Behind them (from left to right) is David S. Lewis, Chairman of the Board at General Dynamics; Maid of Honor Susan Watkins and Senator Mack Mattingly, R-Georgia

CAPT William E. Trueblood, PHM Acquisition Project Manager, Naval Sea Systems Command, speaks at the launching of the guided missile patrol combatant (hydrofoil) ARIES (PHM-5). Among those on the platform with Trueblood are, from left, Boeing Marine Systems Vice President Robert E. Bateman and VADM and Mrs. Earl B. Fowler Jr., VADM Fowler, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, and Mrs. Fowler is the ship's sponsor

Barbara Ann Croze Morgan, sponsor of the dock landing ship USS GUNSTON HALL (LSD 44), smashes the traditional bottle of champagne against the ship. Behind her are Albert L. Bossier Jr., president of Avondale Industries Inc., Shipyards Division; Susan Elizabeth Morgan and Lynn Ann Morgan, maids of honor; and Allison Leigh Enos, flower girl

Edward J. Campbell, President of Newport News Shipbuilding Company, shows Barbara Bush, ship's sponsor, where to break the champagne bottle prior to the christening ceremony of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) at Newport News Shipbuilding Company. Also present on the speakers platform are President George H.W. Bush, principal speaker; Admiral (ADM) Frank B. Kelso II, CHIEF of Naval Operations, and Mrs. Dorothy LeBlond, matron of honor. As the sixth ship of its class, the GEORGE WASHINGTON represents the most technologically advanced Nimitz class carrier

Barbara W. Lehman, wife of Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. and Ship's Sponsor; christens the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) with a bottle of champagne during the ship's launching ceremony

Barbara W. Lehman, wife of Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. and Ship's Sponsor; christens the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) with a bottle of champagne during the ship's launching ceremony

Mrs. Earl B. Fowler Jr., ship's sponsor, breaks the champagne bottle on the forward hydrofoil of the guided missile patrol combatant (hydrofoil) ARIES (PHM-5) as Boeing Marine Systems Vice President Robert E. Bateman watches during launching. Mrs. Fowler is the wife of VADM Earl B. Fowler Jr., commander, Naval Sea Systems Command. The vessel was built by Boeing Marine systems

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Base: Renton

State: Washington (WA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Boeing Marine Systems

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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An aerial port beam view of the Pegasus class patrol combatant missile (hydrofoil) USS ARIES (PHM 5) underway. The ARIES is accompanying the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) en route to San Cristobal, Panama

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Vicki Paisley, ships sponsor, breaks a bottle of champagne across the bow of the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS CHICAGO (SSN 721) at the conclusion of the launch ceremony. Vice Admiral Nils Thunman, Deputy CHIEF of Naval Operations, Submarine Warfare, stands in the background center

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