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Monday, September 17, 2012

Officials celebrate Austal's second JHSV, Choctaw County, at unique christening ceremony

USNS Choctaw County |The christening of Austal USA's second joint high-speed vessel today seemed like any other christening before it, that is, until guests realized they were sitting underneath the very vessel being honored.

"I've never been to a christening that's taken place underneath the ship," remarked Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. "This is a view not many people will get to see once this ship goes into the water and into service."

Mabus and several hundred more officials with the Navy, Austal and shipbuilding community gathered under the newly built JHSV 2 in Austal's final assembly bay in Mobile to christen the ship, named Choctaw County.

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