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Elisabeth Mabus, daughter of Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, seconf from right, smashes a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow of the Virginia-class submarine Washington in Newport News, Va., March 5, 2016, to christen the submarine named for the Evergreen State. Photo courtesy of John Whalen, Huntington Ingalls Industries

USS Washington Christening

Elisabeth Mabus, daughter of Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, seconf from right, smashes a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow of the Virginia-class submarine Washington in Newport News, Va., March 5, 2016, to christen the submarine named for the Evergreen State. Photo courtesy of John Whalen, Huntington Ingalls Industries

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