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Approved insignia for: Guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

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Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV deliver the principal address during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released More

Seated guests wait for the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) to begin

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Vice Admiral Harry C. Schrader Jr., commander, Naval Surface Force, US Pacific Fleet, speaks during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

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Julia Vadala Taft, sponsor, speaks during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

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Julia Vadala Taft, sponsor, holds a champagne bottle after breaking it across the bow of the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) at the end of the christening ceremony

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Rear Admiral Donald P. Roane, program manager, Aegis Shipbuilding, Naval Sea Systems Command, speaks during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released More

Participants in the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) pause for a group picture after the ceremony. Left to right: Julia Vadala Taft, sponsor; Patricia Goldman, matron of honor; Leonard Erb, president, Ingalls Shipbuilding; Colonel James Coates, Valley Forge Military Academy/Junior College; Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV; Vice Admiral Harry C. Schrader Jr., commander, Naval Surface Force, US Pacific Fleet; and Captain George W. Dowell III, suprevisor of shipbuilding, Pascagoula

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released More

Participants in the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) pause for a group picture at the conclusion of the ceremony

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released More

The Reverend Alfred Mead, Rector, St. John's Episcopal Church, gives the invocation during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released More

Julia Vadala Taft, sponsor, breaks a bottle of champagne across the bow of the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) at the end of the christening ceremony. Watching her, left to right, are Patricia Goldman, matron of honor; Rear Admiral Wayne W. Meyer, deputy commander, Combat Systems, Naval Sea Systems Command; and Leonard Erb, president, Ingalls Shipbuilding

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released More

Captain George W. Dowell III, supervisor of shipbuilding, Pascagoula, speaks during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

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Leonard Erb, president, Ingalls Shipbuilding, speaks during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

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The Valley Forge Military Academy/Junior College Band plays during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

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A starboard bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An elevated starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An elevated starboard bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An elevated bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A stern view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A port quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A bow-on view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An elevated port beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An elevated stern view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Distinguished guests listen to speeches during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

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William Howard Taft IV, deputy secretary of defense, delivers the keynote address during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released More