With the symbolic breaking of a champagne bottle over the bow, the Navy christened its newest cargo-ammunition ship for civil rights leader and farmworkers organizer Cesar Chavez, who served in the Navy during World War II.
The ceremony Saturday night at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego launched the ship to join the Military Sealift Command to help maintain the Navy's worldwide presence. The ship's sponsor is Chavez's widow, Helen Fabela Chavez.
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