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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

New Aegis destroyer to be christened

Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyerRetired Navy Adm. J. Paul Reason will speak Saturday at the christening of the USS Gravely, Northrop Grumman's 27th Aegis guided missile destroyer.

The ceremony will be held at Northrop's shipbuilding facility in Pascagoula.

The ship is named for the late Navy Vice Adm. Samuel L. Gravely Jr., the Navy's first black admiral. Gravely died in 2004.

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