SETTING THE BAR U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates signs a poster welcoming him to Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics shipbuilding plant in Bath, Maine, May 22, 2009. “This is the first shipyard I’ve ever visited and you’ve set the bar pretty high for everybody else,” Gates said during his tour of the shipyard. SHARE: Download: Full Size (0.07 MB) Credit: VIRIN: 228937-U-AXY75-612.jpg Photo Gallery