US DOD: U.S. Navy to christen new guided missile destroyer Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81).

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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 April 1999-US DOD: U.S. Navy to christen new guided missile destroyer Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:160499 The newest Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), will be christened and launched April 17, during a 1:30 p.m.

(EDT) ceremony at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. Janet Langhart Cohen, wife of Secretary of Defense William Cohen, is the ship's sponsor and Lady Mary Soames, (Churchill's youngest and last surviving child), will serve as honorary sponsor for the United Kingdom. They will be joined by a host of dignitaries, including Secretary Cohen; British Secretary of Defence George Robertson; Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig; Royal Navy First Sea Lord Adm....