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Shipyard president Edward J. Campbell (left) looks on as Nickey Adkins authenticates the keel of the attack submarine Newport News, with help from shipyard welder Harry D. Griffith.
Newport News Lays Keel For
USS Newport News (SSN 750)
Newport News Shipbuilding has laid the keel for its 17th Los An- geles class attack submarine, the
Newport News (SSN 750). In a ceremony held recently at the shipyard, the keel was authenti- cated by Mrs. Nickey Adkins, as- sisted by Matron of Honor Mrs.
Mildred Duncan and Maid of
Honor Diane Campbell.
The ship, whose name honors the rich Navy shipbuilding tradi- tion of the Virginia city, is sched- uled to be launched in 1986, coin- ciding with the shipyard's 100th anniversary.
Newport News Shipbuilding de- signed the Los Angeles class sub- marine, and also built the lead ship of the class. The Los Angeles class submarine has the most ad- vanced anti-submarine warfare ca- pabilities, and is an effective de- terrent against both enemy submarines and surface ships.
When Newport News is delivered to the Navy in 1987, it will be 360 feet long, with a 33-foot beam and an underwater displacement of 6,900 tons.
Speakers for the keel ceremony included Edward J. Campbell, president and chief executive offi- cer of the shipyard, Commodore
Malcolm MacKinnon, the Navy's
Supervisor of Shipbuilding at the yard, Newport News Mayor Jo- seph C. Ritchie, and U.S. Con- gressman Herbert H. Bateman.
Among the distinguished guests were Adm. Wesley L. McDonald,
Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet and Commander, Supreme Allied
Command Atlantic; Vice Adm.
Kenneth M. Carr, Deputy and
Chief of Staff, Commander in Chief
Atlantic Fleet; and Commodore
Guy H. Curtis III, Director, At- tack Submarine Acquisition Pro- gram, Naval Sea Systems
Command.
The shipyard currently has con-
Speakers and guests at Newport News Shipbuilding gather for the keel-laying ceremony for the attack submarine Newport News. Speakers included shipyard president Edward J. Campbell;
Navy Supervisor of Shipbuilding at Newport News Malcolm M. MacKinnon III; Newport News
Mayor Joseph C. Ritchie; and U.S. Congressman Herbert H. Bateman. 8 Circle 313 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
