NEWPORT NEWS, Va., (April 8, 2016) – Ship Sponsor Susan Ford Bales poses with the Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) choir during a reception following a change of command in the ship’s hangar bay. Ford is the first of a new class of aircraft carriers currently under construction by Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Gitte Schirrmacher/Released)

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