Fireworks detonate as the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart is launched during a nighttime christening ceremony at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard. Amelia Earhart, the sixth ship of the T-AKE class, is named after the aviation pioneer who in 1932 became the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic.
| Date Taken: | 04.06.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 06.28.2008 12:59 |
| Photo ID: | 98095 |
| VIRIN: | 080628-N-0096V-001 |
| Resolution: | 3200x2133 |
| Size: | 2.31 MB |
| Location: | SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 119 |
| Downloads: | 17 |
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