Keel ceremony set

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant will speak Friday at a keel authentication ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding for the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7). It will join LHA 6 as the first two ships in the new America class of amphibious assault ships for the Navy. It will accommodate 1,204 crew and 1,871 troops. (Source: Sun Herald, 06/19/14)