Public Invited To The Christening of Montford Point Ship, In San Diego, California.

Public Invited To The Christening of Montford Point Ship, In San Diego,California.

The public is invited to visit General Dynamics shipyard in San Diego, California  this Saturday, March 2, 2012, to watch the christening of the Montford Point, the first of at least three mobile landing platform auxiliary ships being built by the Navy. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10AM, near NASSCO's main gate in the neighborhood of Barrio Loan. Visitors are asked to enter the yard at 28th Street and East Harbor Drive. The gate is set to open at 9AM.

Mobile landing platform auxiliary ships are a new type of vessel meant to improve the Navy's ability to preposition vehicles and equipment for quick transfer to shore. The 765 foot ships have been nicknames "piers at sea" because they have large staging platforms and can handle up to three air cushioned hover craft.

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