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Workmen at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. listen as General Alfred M. Gray Jr., commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks during keel laying ceremony for the LHD-class amphibious assault ship USS ESSEX (LHD 2). J St. Pe', president, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., and E.E. Shoults, program manager, Amphibious Warfare and Strategic Sea Lift Program, are pictured in the background

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

GEN. Alfred M. Gray Jr., commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks during the keel-laying ceremony for the LHD-class amphibious assault ship Essex (LHD-2). J. St. Pe', president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. and E.E. Shoults, program manager, Amphibious Warfare and Strategic Sea Lift Program, are pictured in the background

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

General Alfred M. Gray Jr., commandant of the Marine Corps, authenticates the keel plaque at the keel laying ceremony for the LHD-class amphibious assault ship USS ESSEX (LHD 2). Standing by during the signing are, from left: E.E. Shoults, program manager, Amphibious Warfare and Strategic Sea Lift Program; J St. Pe', president, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., General Gray; Captain M.G. Simpson, suprervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Pascagoula; and Joe Smith, welder

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

Jerry St. Pe', left, President of Ingalls Shipbuilding, presents a replica of the keel plaque for the amphibious assault ship KEARSARGE (LHD 3) to General (GEN) Joseph J. Went, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, during the keel laying ceremony for the KEARSARGE. At right is E.E. Shouts, program manager, Amphibious Warfare and Strategic Sea Lift Program

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

General Joseph J. Went, third from right, assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, shakes hands with Willie Willis Jr., a welder at Ingalls Shipbuilding, after authenticating the keel plaque for the amphibious assault ship KEARSARGE (LHD 3). Also attending are, from left: an unidentified Marine colonel: E.E. Shoults, program manager, Amphibious Warfare and Strategic Sea Lift Program; and Captain J.F. King. At right is Jerry St. Pe', President of 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