USS Texas SSN-775
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July 12, 2002: The Keel authentication ceremony for Texas SSN-775 at Northrop Grumman Newport News.
Welder John C. Fremont welds First Lady Laura Bush's initials into the keel authentication plate.

(Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Newport News)

 

July 12, 2002: The Keel authentication ceremony for Texas SSN-775 at Northrop Grumman Newport News.
From left to right; Secretary of the Navy Gordon England, Northrop Grumman Newport News welder John Fremont, First Lady Laura Bush, Northrop Grumman Newport News President Tom Schievelbein and Senator John Warner (R-Va.).

(Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Newport News)

 

July 12, 2002: The Keel authentication ceremony for Texas SSN-775 at Northrop Grumman Newport News.
From left to right; Secretary of the Navy Gordon England, First Lady Laura Bush, Northrop Grumman Newport News President Tom Schievelbein and Senator John Warner (R-Va.).

(Photo Courtesy of Northrop Grumman Newport News)

 

July 12, 2002: The Keel authentication ceremony for Texas SSN-775 at Northrop Grumman Newport News.
From left to right; Secretary of the Navy Gordon England, Northrop Grumman Newport News welder John Fremont, First Lady Laura Bush, Northrop Grumman Newport News President Tom Schievelbein and Senator John Warner (R-Va.).

(Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Newport News)

 

August 2003: The bow section is joined to the other completed hull sections of the Texas SSN-775.

(Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Newport News)

 



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