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    NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    10.24.2009

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    Ship's Sponsor Silke Hagee,.wife of former Commandant of the Marine Corps General Michael Hagee; Capt. Robert G. Kopas; ship's Commanding Officer; and CMDCM (SW/AW). Linda Handley, ship's Command Master Chief stand ready to make their way to the podium at the commissioning ceremony of USS Makin Island (LHD 8). LHD8 was commissioned Saturday, Oct. 24, in a ceremony held at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. Makin Island is the final amphibious.assault ship built in the LHD-1 Wasp-class, but the first of the class built with Gas Turbine Engines and an Electric Drive. (Photo by MC2(SW) Michael Barton)

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    Date Taken: 10.24.2009
    Date Posted: 10.07.2014 22:32
    Photo ID: 1583738
    VIRIN: 091024-N-HY417-102
    Resolution: 2592x3872
    Size: 3.3 MB
    Location: NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, US

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