Ceremony [Image 16 of 46]

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, CA, UNITED STATES

10.24.2009

Courtesy Photo

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Ship's Sponsor Silke Hagee,.wife of former Commandant of the Marine Corps General Michael Hagee; Capt. Robert G. Kopas; ship's Commanding Officer; and CMDCM (SW/AW). Linda Handley, ship's Command Master Chief stand ready to make their way to the podium at the commissioning ceremony of USS Makin Island (LHD 8). LHD8 was commissioned Saturday, Oct. 24, in a ceremony held at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. Makin Island is the final amphibious.assault ship built in the LHD-1 Wasp-class, but the first of the class built with Gas Turbine Engines and an Electric Drive. (Photo by MC2(SW) Michael Barton)

• Date Taken: 10.24.2009
• Date Posted: 10.07.2014 22:32
• Photo ID: 1583738
• VIRIN: 091024-N-HY417-102
• Resolution: 2592x3872
• Size: 3.3 MB
• Location: NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, CA, US