Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Stevens of the U.S. Navy will be the keynote speaker at Ingalls Shipbuilding’s christening of the John Finn (DDG 113) this weekend.
The ceremony for the Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyer will be held in Pascagoula, Mississippi, with Mike Petters, president and CEO of Ingalls parent company Huntington Ingalls Industries, in attendance, HII said Monday.
Laura Stavridis, wife of retired Navy Adm. James Stavridis, is the ship sponsor for the John Finn, named after the Medal of Honor recipient during World War II.