Ray Mabus, USS Columbia, SECNAV
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus (in photo) joined District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) for the naming ceremony for the USS Columbia, the USNS Puerto Rico and the USNS Earl Warren. The USS Columbia is the first ship of the new fleet ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), formerly known as the Ohio-class replacement. It is named in honor of the District of Columbia. The ceremony took place at the John A. Wilson Building in the Mayor's Ceremonial Room in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, December 14, 2016. (Photo by Jeff Malet)