MEDIA ADVISORY--INGALLS SHIPBUILDING TO HOST CHRISTENING OF GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER JOHN FINN (DDG 113)

ADVISORY, April 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --



What:
Media day and christening ceremony for the destroyer John Finn (DDG 113)






When:
10:20 a.m. Friday, May 1 (media day; closed-toe shoes required)



10 a.m. Saturday, May 2 (christening ceremony; media should arrive by 8:45 a.m.)






Where:
Ingalls Shipbuilding's Visitor Control Center






Who:
Media Day – Friday



-- Mrs. Laura Elizabeth Stavridis, Ship Sponsor



-- Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias



-- Shipbuilders of John Finn



-- Cmdr. Micheal Wagner, prospective commanding officer, John Finn



Christening Day – Saturday



-- Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss.



-- Huntington Ingalls Industries President and CEO Mike Petters



-- Mrs. Stavridis, Brian Cuccias and Cmdr. Micheal Wagner



-- Lt. Cmdr. Cass Phillips (U.S. Navy, Ret.), a Pearl Harbor survivor who knew John Finn)






More DDG 113 info is available at: /ingalls-shipbuilding






RSVP:
Bill Glenn, Huntington Ingalls Industries, (228) 327-1671



william.glenn@hii-co.com



Please RSVP by 5 p.m. Thursday.

#FinnDDG113 is the hashtag for event.

Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division will christen the company's 29th Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, John Finn (DDG 113), on Saturday. Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Michael Stevens will be the keynote speaker at the ceremony. Mrs. Laura Stavridis, wife of Adm. James Stavridis (U.S. Navy, Ret.), is ship sponsor.

DDG 113 is named John Finn after the first Medal of Honor recipient of World War II. Finn received the honor for machine-gunning Japanese warplanes for over two hours during the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor despite being shot in the foot and shoulder and suffering numerous shrapnel wounds. He retired as a lieutenant after 30 years of service and died at age 100 in 2010.