PASCAGOULA, Miss. (Oct. 6, 2018) Ship's sponsors Alicia J. Petersen, left, and D’Arcy Neller christen the future guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121). The ship is named named for Petersen’s late husband, Frank E. Petersen Jr., the first African-American aviator and general in the Marine Corps. Also pictured are retired Gen. Alfred Gray, left, former commandant of the Marine Corps and keynote speaker at the christening, Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias, and Gen. Robert Neller, the 37th commandant of the Marine Corps.

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