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MOBILE, Alabama (Jan. 11, 2016) A welder authenticates the keel by welding the initials of the ship's sponsor, former mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma Mrs. Kathy Taylor, onto the keel plate of the U.S. Navy's sixteenth littoral combat ship, the future USS Tulsa (LCS 16). The keel laying is the formal recognition of the start of the ship and module construction process. (U.S. Navy Photo)
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MOBILE, Alabama - MOBILE, Alabama (Jan. 11, 2016) A welder authenticates the keel by welding the initials of the ship's sponsor, former mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma Mrs. Kathy Taylor, onto the keel plate of the U.S. Navy's sixteenth littoral combat ship, the future USS Tulsa (LCS 16). The keel laying is the formal recognition of the start of the ship and module construction process. (U.S. Navy Photo)


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