Keel Laid for Future USS Quentin Walsh
May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release:
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Keel Laid for Future USS Quentin Walsh
The keel laying represents the start of a ship's construction. During the ceremony, the keel is authenticated when the ship's sponsor welds their initials into the keel plate, with the assistance of a BIW welder.
The ship's sponsor is Madison Ann Zolper, great-granddaughter of the ship's namesake, Coast Guard . . .
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Keel Laid for Future USS Quentin Walsh
The keel laying represents the start of a ship's construction. During the ceremony, the keel is authenticated when the ship's sponsor welds their initials into the keel plate, with the assistance of a BIW welder.
The ship's sponsor is Madison Ann Zolper, great-granddaughter of the ship's namesake, Coast Guard . . .