Northrop Grumman Corporation's Shipbuilding facility has achieved an important milestone by loading 100,000 gallons of fuel aboard the company's sixth San Antonio-class ship on Oct. 2. The loading of fuel is extremely important as the shipbuilders prepare to light the ship's first generator and later send the ship to sea for its first sea trial. "We are dedicated to first time quality and meeting our program commitments. The shipbuilders working on our company's sixth LPD have accomplished this task," said Phil Lechner, construction manager, San Diego (LPD 22). "It was a complete team effort for our talented workforce to prepare all of the machinery spaces for this fuel load. In the construction of any U.S.