Sunday, March 27, 2011

USS Arlington Christening

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (March 26, 2011) Joyce Rumsfeld, wife of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, christens the amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Arlington (LPD 24) at Northrop Grumman shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. Arlington is the third San Antonio-class ship that will be named in remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. USS New York (LPD 21) has been delivered to the Navy and Somerset (LPD 25) is under construction. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dale Patrick Frost/Released)

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