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HII' Ingalls Shipbuilding has held a keel-laying ceremony for US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile destroyer George M. Neal (DDG 131).
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HII’s Ingalls shipbuilding division has laid the keel of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer named after George Neal, a Korean war veteran and a U.S. Navy Cross awardee. The namesake’s daughter, Kelley Neal Gray, sponsored the vessel's keel authentication ceremony in Pascagoula, Mississippi, HII said Friday.