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No. 047-04 September 09, 2004
Secretary of The Navy Attends Keel Laying Ceremony

            Secretary of the Navy Gordon England will attend the keel-laying of USS New York (LPD 21) at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in New Orleans, La., on Friday, Sept. 10, 2004.

 

            The ship was named in honor of those killed in the attack on the World Trade Center.

 

            For questions about this event, please contact Jim McIngvale at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems at (228) 935-3971.