Commander H. Wyman Howard Jr. speaks during the ship's commissioning ceremony for the guided missile frigate USS SIMPSON (FFG 56). Seated behind him are (R-L) Rep. Claudine Schneider, R-RI; Commodore David F. Chandler, deputy commander, Naval Surface Force, US Atlantic Fleet; and Mr. William E. Haggett (fourth left), president and chief executive officer of Bath Iron Works Corp; and Captain William A. Rehder (sixth left), supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair