At the weld stand, ship’s sponsor Mary “Molly” Slavonic traces her initials on a metal plate during the keel authentication ceremony for Virginia-class attack submarine Oklahoma (SSN 802) at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. Observing from left are NNS welder Alex VanCampen, Cmdr. Aaron Stutzman, commanding officer of the pre-commissioning unit, and NNS President Jennifer Boykin (Photo by Lexi Whitehead/HII).
At the weld stand, ship’s sponsor Mary “Molly” Slavonic traces her initials on a metal plate during the keel authentication ceremony for Virginia-class attack submarine Oklahoma (SSN 802) at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. Observing from left are NNS welder Alex VanCampen, Cmdr. Aaron Stutzman, commanding officer of the pre-commissioning unit, and NNS President Jennifer Boykin (Photo by Lexi Whitehead/HII).