Keywords: US Navy 090516-N-0860R-150 Alma Bernice Clark Gravely, ship's sponsor for pre-commissioning unit (PCU) Gravely (DDG 107) enjoys her applause.jpg en PASCAGOULA Miss May 16 2009 Alma Bernice Clark Gravely ship's sponsor for pre-commissioning unit PCU Gravely DDG 107 enjoys her applause after breaking the traditional bottle of Champaign over the ship's bow during the christening of the latest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer named in honor of her husband the late Vice Admiral Samuel L Gravely at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Gulf Coast The ship is the 57th in her class and honors Vice Adm Gravely who was the first African American to command a major warship achieve flag rank and to command a numbered fleet Also in attendance was the Acting Secretary of the Navy B J Penn far-left and retired Adm J Paul Reason second-left the first African-American four-star admiral U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Glenn S Robertson/Released 2009-05-16 090516-N-0860R-150 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 71700 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Glenn S Robertson PD-USGov-Military-Navy Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Pascagoula B J Penn Secretary of the Navy Ship christenings in the United States Navy USS Gravely DDG-107 J Paul Reason |