USS GABRIELLE GIFFORDS Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announces the naming of the Navy's newest next variant littoral combat ship, USS Gabrielle Giffords, after former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona at the Pentagon, Feb. 10, 2012. Giffords was critically wounded in 2011 by a gunman in Tucson, Ariz. SHARE: Download: Full Size (0.04 MB) Credit: VIRIN: 081862-B-TXX95-702.jpg Photo Gallery