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Maureen Murphy, mother of Lt. Michael P. Murphy (SEAL) and ship's sponsor, welds a steel box filled with mementos of her son to the mast of the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Michael Murphy (DDG 112), during a mast stepping ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The stepping of the ship's mast is a Navy tradition in which a coin is placed at the base of a ship's mast to bring good luck and safe voyages for a vessel. The pieces will remain sealed in the ship’s super structure until decommissioning.
| Date Taken: | 05.06.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 05.07.2011 22:49 |
| Photo ID: | 398765 |
| VIRIN: | 110506-N-KK330-514 |
| Resolution: | 1950x1530 |
| Size: | 235.56 KB |
| Location: | BATH, MAINE, US |
| Web Views: | 94 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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