190412-N-BR740-1072: Left, Kate Oja and Shana McCool ship sponsors of the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29), sign their initials onto a steel plate that will be fastened to the ship during the keel authentication ceremony for the ship at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula shipyard April 12. The laying of the keel traditionally marked the first step in ship construction. With today's advanced modular shipbuilding, the keel laying ceremony now recognizes the joining together of a ship's components and is a major milestone in the ship's construction. (U.S. Navy photo by Samantha Crane/Released)
| Date Taken: | 04.12.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 04.12.2019 14:48 |
| Photo ID: | 5261923 |
| VIRIN: | 190412-N-BR740-1072 |
| Resolution: | 3101x2340 |
| Size: | 1.04 MB |
| Location: | PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, US |
| Web Views: | 85 |
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![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.](https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/1904/5261926/75x75_q95.jpg "Navy lays keel of LPD 29")
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