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Saturday, October 11, 2014

Navy to Commission Amphibious Assault Ship America

USS AmericaThe U.S. Navy will commission its newest amphibious assault ship, USS America, Oct. 11 during a ceremony at 1 p.m. EDT in San Francisco, according to a Defense Department news release issued today.

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will deliver the ceremony’s principal address, the release said. Mrs. Lynne Pace, wife of retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is serving as the ship’s sponsor. In a time-honored Navy tradition, Mrs. Pace will give the order to “man our ship and bring her to life.”

“This ship, forged in America, with components and systems manufactured all across America, shall remind us of the long and historic links between our communities and our Navy and Marine Corps,” Mabus said in the release.

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