Participants at the official keel laying ceremony for the Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS PINCKNEY (DDG 91). Left to Right: Mr. Bob Merchant, AEIS Program Manager, Ingalls Shipbuilding; Mr. Jerald Read, Ship Superintendent, Northrop Grumman Ingalls Shipbuilding; Mr. Mike Ikner, welder, Ingalls Shipyard; Commander Steve Metz, US Navy (USN), Area Commander/Destroyer Project Officer; Mr. Paul Robinson, Vice President Operations Ingalls Shipbuilding; Captain Philip M. Johnson, USN, SENIOR Vice President, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Sector; Lieutenant Commander Derek Sims, USN, Production Officer, SuShip Pascagoula Code 150P