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01 Oct 2008

Submarine Missouri Reaches First Major Milestone

080927-N-8467N-001 NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (Sept. 27, 2008) Caesar De Sanpo Sr. welds the initials of Mrs. Rebecca W. Gates, left, into the keel of PCU Missouri (SSN 780) as Electric Boat president John Casey looks on at the sub's keel-laying ceremony at Electric Boats Quonset Point facility in North Kingstown. Mrs. Gates, the wife of U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, has been named the ship's sponsor. (U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski/Released)

The Virginia-class attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) reached her first major milestone Sept. 27, during her keel authentication ceremony held at the General Dynamics Electric Boat facility in North Kingstown. Caesar S. DeSanto Sr. welded the initials of Rebecca W. Gates onto a plate of steel to symbolize the authentication of the keel. Gates, the wife of Secretary of Defense, Robert M. Gates, is the sponsor for Missouri, the seventh Virginia-class submarine to join the fleet. U.S. Rep.

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