April 14, 2003 - H.T. Johnson, Secretary of the Navy (acting), visited the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard April 14. He toured the Ronald Reagan, (CVN 76) the ninth Nimitz-class carrier and the first carrier named after a living president.

Capt. Bill Goodwin, Reagan’s commanding officer, presented Johnson with a Ronald Reagan hat on the quarter deck during lunchtime. Pictured clockwise is Secretary of the Navy (acting) H. T. Johnson; Rear Adm. James Zortman, commander, COMNAVAIRLANT; Rear Adm. David Architzel, COMNAVREGMIDLANT; Northrop Grumman Newport News President Tom Schievelbein and Goodwin.

Capt. Bill Goodwin presented Johnson with a framed picture of the Ronald Reagan in the captain's in port cabin. Pictured from left to right is Northrop Grumman Newport News President Tom Schievelbein; Rear Adm. James Zortman, commander, COMNAVAIRLANT; Capt. Bill Goodwin, Reagan’s commanding officer; Secretary of the Navy (acting) H. T. Johnson; and Rear Adm. David Architzel, COMNAVREGMIDLANT.

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