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Wednesday, December 02, 2009

General Dynamics to Christen the U.S. Navy's Most Advanced Submarine, Missouri, on Saturday

Virginia classGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat will christen Missouri (SSN-780), the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced nuclear attack submarine, at a ceremony at its Groton shipyard on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 11 a.m. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.

Mrs. Rebecca W. Gates is the ship's sponsor. She is the wife of Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates. The event's principal speaker is U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). Cmdr. Timothy A. Rexrode, a 1990 honors graduate of West Virginia University, is the ship's commanding officer.

The Missouri is the seventh ship of the Virginia Class, the first U.S. Navy combatant designed for the post-Cold War era. Unobtrusive, non-provocative and connected with land, air, sea and space-based assets, Missouri and the other Virginia-class submarines are equipped to wage multi-dimensional warfare around the globe, providing the U.S. Navy with continued dominance in coastal waters and the open ocean.

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