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USS Shoup (DDG 86), the newest in a series of advanced Aegis guided mis- sile destroyers built for the U.S. Navy by Northrop Grumman Corporation's

Ship Systems sector, was commissioned June 22, 2002, in Seattle, Wash. This ship is named in honor of U.S. Marine Corps Gen. David M. Shoup (1904- 1983), a World War II naval hero, a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the initial landings on Betio, Tarawa Atoll, in the Pacific in 1943, and who later became the 22nd commandant of the Marine Corps. Claudia Natter, wife of Adm. Robert J. Natter, USN commander in chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Zola Shoup, of Arlington, Va., the widow of Gen. Shoup, were the Ship's

Sponsors. Matron of Honor, Lt. Col. Catherine Chase, USMCR, of Fairport,

N.Y., represented her grandmother at the ceremony.

Gen. James L. Jones Jr., USMC, commandant of the Marine Corps, deliv- ered the principal commissioning address. Following commissioning, DDG 86 will be homeported in Everett, Wash., as an element of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

Cmdr. E. Bernard Carter, a native of Hopkins, S.C., will command the 509.5- ft (155.2-m)., 9,300-ton destroyer. USS Shoup (DDG 86) is the 36th ship of the

DDG 51 Aegis destroyer program and the 16th to be built by Northrop Grum- man Ship Systems. The ship is the fourth of the revised Flight IIA ships built by Northrop Grumman, with hangars for two SH-60B/F helicopters and an enlarged flight deck.

Following DDG 86, Northrop Grumman has contracts to produce nine addi- tional Aegis destroyers, with six of those ships in various stages of production, including Pinckney (DDG 91), which will be christened in a public ceremony in the shipyard Saturday, June 29. USS Shoup was delivered to the Navy by

Northrop Grumman Feb. 18, 2002, and departed Pascagoula April 22.

IMSSCO Makes Navy Inroads with Gold PFA-95

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The Department of Navy, Office of Naval

Research Laboratory and NAVSEA have approved IMSSCO Inc.'s gold PFA-95 by way of Test Assessments and Doctrinal Validation.

A near term need and request for order (RFQ) was issued by Coastal Systems System Station

Panama City. IMSSCO Inc. of San Diego,

Calif., received multiple sole source awards per FAR regulations. The PFA is validated for use by Navy Rescue and Assistance teams, places on board where the standard navy in line educator is not connected to the main fire hydrant and is under consideration for use by the Rapid Response Team. ABS has type- approved the PFA-95 per SOLAS and Class requirements for documented Ready Reserve

Fleet and other such commercial ships.

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