Naval History and Heritage Command

130429-N-RG587-121 CORONADO, Calif. (April 29, 2013) Interior Communications Electrician 2nd Class Joshua Aziz reads names of Holocaust victims during a Reading of the Names ceremony in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is pierside at Naval Air Station North Island. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dean M. Cates/Released)

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120514-N-ZZ999-101 AVONDALE, La., (May 14, 2011) Annette Conway, right, ship sponsor of the amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Anchorage (LPD 23), celebrates after christening the ship with Under Secretary of the Navy Robert O. Work, left, and Irwin F. Edenzon, president of Ingalls Shipbuilding. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of after Huntington Ingalls Industries/Released)

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130417-N-AQ172-032 HONG KONG (April 17, 2013) Lt. Nicole Schwegman, public affairs officer aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5), explains the history of Peleliu to Po Leung Kuk, Chu Lee Yuet Wah, Kindergarten-cum-nursery children during a ship tour. Peleliu is the flagship for the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, on deployment in the western Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Viramontes/Released)

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130417-N-WE887-103 WASHINGTON (April 17, 2013) Acting Under Secretary of the Navy Robert Martinage visits Naval History and Heritage Command for a guided tour with Capt. Henry J. Hendrix, Director of Naval History and Heritage Command. Martinage toured the National Museum of the United States Navy, the rare book room and the armory. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gina K Morrissette/Released)

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130417-N-WE887-098 WASHINGTON (April 17, 2013) Acting Under Secretary of the Navy Robert Martinage visits the Naval History and Heritage Command for a guided tour with Capt. Henry J. Hendrix, Director of Naval History and Heritage Command. Martinage toured the National Museum of the United States Navy, the rare book room and the armory. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gina K Morrissette/Released)

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130411-N-XJ695-218 YORKTOWN, Va. (April 11, 2013) Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Jacqueline Stenger, assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1, clears debris from part of a 7-9 million-year-old whale skeleton at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Cheatham Annex, through a joint effort between the base and volunteers from the College of William and Mary and the Virginia Museum of Natural History. The fossils were discovered by a civilian employee walking the beach in Aug. 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jesse A. Hyatt/Released)

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130411-N-XJ695-140 YORKTOWN, Va. (April 11, 2013) Civilian volunteers work to excavate a 7-9 million-year-old whale skeleton at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Cheatham Annex, through a joint effort between the base and volunteers from the College of William and Mary and the Virginia Museum of Natural History. The fossils were discovered by a civilian employee walking the beach in Aug. 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jesse A. Hyatt/Released)

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130409-N-XJ695-007 YORKTOWN, Va. (April 9, 2013) Civilian volunteers work to excavate a 7-9 million-year-old whale skeleton at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Cheatham Annex, through a joint effort between the base and volunteers from the College of William and Mary and the Virginia Museum of Natural History. The fossils were discovered by a civilian employee walking the beach in Aug. 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jesse A. Hyatt/Released)

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130416-N-ZZ999-201 WASHINGTON (April 16, 2013) An undated file photo of a port bow view of the guided-missile destroyer USS Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) underway. Joseph Strauss was one of several ships that participated in Operation Praying Mantis, which was launched after the guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) struck an Iranian mine on April 14, 1988. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Hyder/Released)

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130411-N-KF478-411 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (April 11, 2013) Capt. Gina M. Jaeger, the first female Medical Service Corps commanding officer and the third female to oversee Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi in its 72 year history, bids Sailors farewell during a final personnel inspection before she retires April 19, following 30 years of naval service, which she began as an enlisted Navy Corpsman. (U.S. Navy photo by Bill W. Love/Released)

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130410-N-NB544-103 SAN DIEGO (April 10, 2013) Capt. Thomas Ishee, right, commander of Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 11; Vicki Billings, daughter of Lt. Cmdr. John Hilary Billings, one of the 129 men who died aboard the U.S. Navy submarine USS Thresher (SSN 593); and other members of the official party render honors as Musician 1st Class Christopher Hodges, from Tuscaloosa, Ala., plays

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130410-N-NB544-095 SAN DIEGO (April 10, 2013) Submarine veteran Bob Bissonnette, commander of the San Diego SUBVETS, rings a bell during a memorial service for the 50th anniversary of the loss of the U.S. Navy submarine USS Thresher (SSN 593). The ceremony honored the 129 men lost on Thresher, which sank off the coast of Cape Cod on April 10, 1963 during sea trials. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kyle Carlstrom/Released)

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130411-N-LS794-004 POLARIS POINT, Guam (April 11, 2013) Sailors aboard the guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) wave from the bridge as the submarine pulls into Apra Harbor to conduct an exchange of command between their Gold and Blue crews. April 11 is the 113th anniversary of the U.S. Navy submarine force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeffrey Jay Price/Released)

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130406-N-TT535-002 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (April 6, 2013) Vice Adm. Michael Connor, commander of Submarine Forces, delivers remarks during a memorial service for the 50th anniversary of the loss of the U.S. Navy submarine USS Thresher (SSN 593). The ceremony honored the 129 men lost on Thresher, which sank off the cost of Cape Cod on April 10, 1963 during sea trials. More than 700 Thresher family members and former crew members attended the service. (U.S. Navy photo by Jim Cleveland/Released)

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130406-N-TN558-071 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (April 6, 2013) Capt. L. Bryant Fuller III, commander of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, delivers remarks during a memorial service to honor the men who died aboard the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN 593) on the 50th anniversary of the boat's loss. Nearly 1,000 relatives, former shipmates and coworkers of the 129 Sailors attended the ceremony at Portsmouth High School. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jason J. Perry/Released)

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130406-N-TN558-014 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (April 6, 2013) Nearly 1,000 relatives, former shipmates and coworkers attend a ceremony at Portsmouth High School to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the loss of the U.S. Navy submarine USS Thresher. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jason J. Perry/Released)

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