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标题：Keel laying for national security cutter held in Pascagoula, Miss
作者：Kyle Niemi
期刊名称：Coast Guard
印刷版ISSN：1559-6591
电子版ISSN：1559-6605
出版年度：2005
卷号：May 2005
出版社：US Coast Guard Headquarters

Keel laying for national security cutter held in Pascagoula, Miss

Kyle Niemi

PASCAGOULA, Miss., March 29 -- Meryl Chertoff, wife of Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, initials a placard today that will be displayed aboard the Coast Guard's first national security cutter being constructed at the Northrop Grumman shipyard here.

The ceremony to authenticate the keel confirms the ship's keel is "truly and fairly laid" for the first ship of this class of highly-capable, technologically-advanced, multi-mission cutters for the Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security.

The Northrop Grumman Corporation is building the ship under a contract from Integrated Coast Guard Systems LLP, a joint venture of Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin.

Story and photo by PA2 Kyle Niemi, 8th Dist.