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    Navy lays keel of LPD 29 [Image 2 of 6]

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    A woman wearing a white hard hat and blue shirt speaks at a wooden podium during a keel authentication ceremony for the USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) at Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. Red, white, and blue patriotic bunting decorates the background, consistent with a formal naval shipbuilding milestone event. A second person wearing a white hard hat stands in the background to the right.

    PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, UNITED STATES

    04.12.2019

    Photo by Samantha Crane 

    Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast

    190412-N-BR740-1025: Kari Wilkinson, Ingalls Shipbuilding vice president of program management, delivers remarks during the keel authentication ceremony for the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula shipyard April 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Samantha Crane/Released)

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    Date Taken: 04.12.2019
    Date Posted: 04.12.2019 14:48
    Photo ID: 5261915
    VIRIN: 190412-N-BR740-1025
    Resolution: 4288x2848
    Size: 1.14 MB
    Location: PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, US
    Web Views: 57
    Downloads: 5

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    This is a keel-laying ceremonial plaque for the USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29), dated April 12, 2019. The plaque commemorates Navy Captain Richard Miles McCool Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient, and bears the signatures of two ship's sponsors. It was fabricated by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
    A woman wearing a white hard hat and blue shirt speaks at a wooden podium during a keel authentication ceremony for the USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) at Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. Red, white, and blue patriotic bunting decorates the background, consistent with a formal naval shipbuilding milestone event. A second person wearing a white hard hat stands in the background to the right.
    A U.S. Navy Captain identified as 'CAPT METCALF' with the title 'PROGRAM MANAGER' on his hard hat is delivering a speech at a podium during a shipbuilding ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division visible on the podium placard. He is wearing Navy Working Uniform (NWU) camouflage and safety glasses. The event is decorated with red, white, and blue patriotic bunting, with a large ship structure visible in the background.
    Two women wearing white hard hats labeled 'Ship Sponsor' and 'LPD 29' stand at a podium during the Keel Authentication ceremony for the USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) at Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. The woman on the left appears to be speaking into a microphone while the woman on the right stands beside her. The event is decorated with red, white, and blue bunting in the background.
    A ceremonial event at Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, marking the authentication or keel-laying of LPD 29 (USS Richard M. McCool Jr.). Two women wearing 'Ship Sponsor' hard hats labeled 'LPD 29' — identified as Kate Oja and Shana McCool — are signing or authenticating a steel plate at a podium. A U.S. Navy officer and other personnel observe in the background.
    A ceremonial event at Ingalls Shipbuilding facility where a worker in an orange hard hat and welding gear is performing a keel-laying or steel-cutting ceremony on a metal plaque. The plaque appears to read 'Richard M. [something] Jr.' and is being documented by a cameraman while a large crowd of workers and officials wearing white hard hats observe in the background. The event appears to be a formal shipbuilding milestone ceremony.

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