Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad W. Allen and Marilla Waesche Pivonka, the ship's sponsor and granddaughter of the ship's namesake, Adm. Russell Randolph Waesche, smile after the USCGC Waesche christening ceremony at the Northrop Gruman Shipbuilding facility in Pascagoula, Miss, July 26, 2008. The Waesche is the second Coast Guard National Security Cutter to be christened. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Angelia M. Rorison)
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