Navy research vessel, being built in Anacortes, to be named for Neil Armstrong
Credit: Courtesy U.S. Navy
Dr. Susan K. Avery, president and director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, welds the keel at an authentication of the Keel Ocean-class Research Vessel AGOR 27 at an Aug. 17 ceremony in Anacortes, Wash. The Navy announced that the ship will be named after the late Neil Armstrong.