| Commissioning Ceremony: A Tradition
13 November 1976 The Commissioning
Ceremony signifies the acceptance for service and entry of a ship into the active fleet of the United States Navy. At the moment of breaking the commissioning pennant, LOS ANGELES becomes, as any proud ship of the line, USS LOS ANGELES. The Naval Commissioning Ceremony is a custom deep in tradition
in all navies for centuries and in the United States Navy since its earliest beginnings, for it marks the formal inception of a man-of-war into the Naval forces of her nation. It is the final and perhaps most significant event of the triad that brings a ship to life: keel laying,
christening, and commissioning carries a ship from an idea to a reality. USS LOS ANGELES, SSN-688 was commissioned on 13 November 1976 at Newport News Shipbuilding, in Newport News, VA. |
Commissioning Pennant