Northrop
Grumman Newport News hosted a keel-laying ceremony May
22 for the Virginia-class submarine North
Carolina (SSN 777). Under an innovative agreement,
Newport News is producing the Virginia-class
submarines as part of a team with General Dynamics Electric
Boat. The team is currently building the first 10 submarines
of a class expected to reach 30 ships. Pictured are the
both the North Carolina (SSN 777) on the right and the
Texas (SSN 775) on the left. Photo by Chris
Oxley
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Linda
Anne Rich Bowman, ship's sponsor, chalks her initials on
a steel plate at the keel-laying ceremony of the North
Carolina (SSN 777) at Northrop Grumman Newport News.
Tom Schievelbein, Northrop Grumman Newport News president
(left), Adm. Frank Bowman, director, Naval Reactors,
and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole (right) look on. Photo
by John Whalen
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Pictured
from left are Northrop Grumman Newport News welder Stanley
Britt, U.S. Navy Admiral and Director of Naval Reactors
Frank “Skip” Bowman, Linda Anne Rich Bowman,
ship's sponsor, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina,
Northrop Grumman Newport News President Tom Schievelbein,
and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy Hansford T. Johnson.
Britt is pictured welding Linda Anne Rich Bowman's initials
onto a steel plate that will be permanently affixed to North
Carolina. Photo by John Whalen
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Pictured
is Northrop Grumman Newport News welder Stanley Britt, after
successfully welding Linda Anne Rich Bowan's initials onto
a steel plate. Northrop Grumman Newport News President Tom
Schievelbein raises his hands to signify the weld was successfully
completed. Adm. Frank Bowman, director, Naval Reactors,
and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole look on. Photo
by Chris Oxley
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Pictured from left are Northrop Grumman Newport News welder
Stanley Britt, U.S. Navy Admiral and Director of Naval Reactors
Frank “Skip” Bowman, Linda Anne Rich Bowman, the
ship's sponsor, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina,
Northrop Grumman Newport News President Tom Schievelbein,
and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy Hansford T. Johnson.
Britt is pictured showing his successful weld of Linda Anne
Rich Bowman's initials onto a steel plate that will be permanently
affixed to North Carolina. Photo by John Whalen |
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