Bath Iron Works welder Carl Pepin, left, helps Ann Zumwalt with protective clothing before striking a welding arc on a special steel plate for the Zumwalt class destroyer DDG 1000.

BATH, Maine (Nov. 17, 2011) Bath Iron Works welder Carl Pepin, left, helps Ann Zumwalt with protective clothing before striking a welding arc on a special steel plate for the Zumwalt class destroyer DDG 1000. The plate will have the initials of the four children of Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Ann Zumwalt, Mouzetta Zumwalt-Weathers, the ship's co-sponsors, Retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. James G. Zumwalt, and Elmo R. Zumwalt, III. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Michael C. Nutter) File# 111117-N-ZZ999-002