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Caption:
SAN DIEGO (April 6, 2008) -- The Military Sealift Command dry cargo,
ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE-6) waits to be launched
during a nighttime christening ceremony at General Dynamics NASSCO
shipyard. The ship is named after the aviation pioneer,
Amelia
Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and the first
person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. Its primary
mission
will be to deliver food, ammunition, fuel and other provisions to
combat ships at sea. U.S Navy photo by Chief Mass
Communication
Specialist Steve Vasquez (RELEASED)
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