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John Warner (SSN 785) Keel Laying Ceremony
U.S. Navy
March 16, 2013 | 01:26:17
Newport News Shipbuilding to host John Warner Submarine Keel-Laying Ceremony Live from Newport News, VA on Saturday, March 16 starting at 1100 AM ET.

The ceremony to lay the keel for the Virginia-class submarine John Warner (SSN 785) will take place at Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding division.

Who: Jeanne Warner, wife of the submarine's namesake, U.S. Sen. John Warner, will serve as the sponsor. Sen. Warner will be the keynote speaker. Other ceremony participants include Assistant Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley; Adm. John M. Richardson, director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program; Vice Adm. Michael J. Connor, commander, Submarine Forces; Rear Adm. David C. Johnson, program executive officer, Submarines; U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine; U.S. Reps. J. Randy Forbes and Robert C. Scott; Matt Mulherin, president, Newport News Shipbuilding; and Kevin Poitras, president, General Dynamics Electric Boat.
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