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(192Kb) The Seal of the USS John C. Stennis |

(134Kb) Statistical Information |

(117Kb) Construction began on John C. Stennis (CVN-74) on March 13, 1991, when the
keel was laid |

(110Kb) The 480-ton island house, considered the nerve center of John C. Stennis,
was 90 percent complete when it was placed on the ship's flight deck |

(133Kb) Mrs. Margaret Stennis Womble, Ship's Sponsor, christens USS John C. Stennis
(CVN-74) at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA, November 11, 1993. Platorm guests included
Vice President Al Gore, Secretary of the Navy John Dalton, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Frank
B. Kelso II, and Mrs. Martha A. Stennis, Matron of Honor. Photo by PH1(AW) Gregory McCreash |

(112Kb) Catapult dead load testing |

(103Kb) John C. Stennis (CVN-74), operating off the Virginia Capes during a highly
successful Builder's Sea Trials, October 3-6. Official U.S. Navy Photo by PHC(AW) Tom Hensley |

(84Kb) Builder's Sea Trial demonstration |

(111Kb) Underway in the Virginia Capes Sea Trials |

(123Kb) Early morning Hampton Roads transit. USS John C. Stennis "looking ahead" |

(100Kb) Underway in the Virginia Capes for Sea Trials |

(122Kb) Full speed astern |

(120Kb) Counter measures washdown system in operation |

(88Kb) Protect and defend. F-14 is made ready for launch |